Canon of forms
A canon of forms is a selection of forms and ornaments that shape an epoch of art history.
Examples of the canon of forms in architectural styles
Romanesque
- Heavy construction, basic geometric shape
- Round arch
- Cube capital
Gothic
Gothic: finial
- Lightness ( diaphanous ), vertical orientation
- Pointed arch
- Bundle pillars
- Fiale
- Buttress
- Tracery
- Finial
- crab
- Quatrefoil
- Fish bladder
- Rose window
- Wimperg
Renaissance
Renaissance: Villa Farnesina
- Balanced proportions , simplicity
- Triangular gable
- square
- circle
- Pillar order
- pilaster
- Pilaster strips
- dome
Baroque
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Baroque: Melk Abbey
- Swinging, concave and convex shapes
- Abundance and overloaded pomp ( horror vacui )
- curved gable
- Window crown
- ornamentation
- Volute
- Putto
Rococo
classicism
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Classicism: Glyptothek in Munich
- Portico
- Triangular gable
- right angles and straight lines
- Pillar order
- Festoon ( braid )
- wreath
- medallion
- Vases , amphorae and bows in ornamentation
- Tooth frieze
Modern
Modern: Le Corbusier's semi-detached house in the Weißenhofsiedlung
- reduction
- Avoidance of ornament
- right angle
Deconstructivism
- Avoiding the right angle