ARCHITECTURAL ARTICLES. Architecture is treated in this work under various headings, an account of which will help the reader to consult any part of the subject.
For a definition of architecture, a general survey of its evolution and a discussion of contemporary practice and theory, reference should be made to the article ARCHITECTURE.
The historic styles, being those divisions into which occidental architecture from the earliest times through the 19th century may generally be said to fall, will be found treated under EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE; WESTERN ASIATIC ARCHITECTURE (after Egypt to Archaic Greece) ; GREEK ARCHITECTURE; ROMAN ARCHITEC TURE; BYZANTINE AND ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE; GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE; RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE; BAROQUE ARCHI TECTURE; MODERN ARCHITECTURE : 18th and 19th Centuries. The important sub-divisions of these styles, while discussed in these articles, also appear under their own headings, as EMPIRE STYLE, GEOMETRIC PERIOD, COLONIAL STYLE, PERPENDICULAR PERIOD, etc.
Contemporary Architecture, being more affected by science and by social and economic influences than by tradition or national characteristics, is treated under headings whose significance is ex plained in the article ARCHITECTURE; for the articles themselves see: INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE; SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE; HOUSE PLANNING; THEATRE : Architecture; HOSPITAL PLANNING; SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE; UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE; LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE; MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE; EXHIBITION ARCHI TECTURE; GOVERNMENTAL ARCHITECTURE; RELIGIOUS AND ME MORIAL ARCHITECTURE. Wherever it has been deemed necessary to a proper understanding of these subjects, an historical intro duction has been given.
Separate articles describe CHINESE ARCHITECTURE; INDIAN ARCHITECTURE; JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE; MOHAMMEDAN AR CHITECTURE ; RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE.
For a concise treatment of the important periods in the history of art throughout the world, the reader may well consult PERIODS OF ART.
A summary of the training available for a prospective architect to-day is given under ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION.