ANTIQUITY AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY. Architecture in ancient Egypt -- Classical Greece and Hellenism -- The architecture of the Roman Empire -- Early Christian and Byzantine architecture. ISLAM. From Muhammed to the fall of Granada -- The great Ottoman era. THE ROMANESQUE PERIOD. Caralingian and Ottonian architecture -- The high Romanesque period under the Salians and Hohenstaufens -- Alternatives to Imperial Architecture. GOTHIC. Classical cathedral Gothic in France -- The Gothic style in England -- The Gothic style in Germany -- The Gothic style in Italy. RENAISSANCE. Florence and the early Renaissance -- High and late Renaissance (Mannerism) -- The Renaissance north of the Alps. BAROQUE AND ROCOCO. The emergence of the Baroque in Italy -- Palaces and gardens in France -- The Baroque in Germany and Rococo -- England and the trend towards Classicism. CLASSICISM. Enlightenment and revolution architecture -- Classicism as state architecture. HISTORICISM AND INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE. Historicism -- Industrial architecture -- The Chicago School. THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. The search for a new form -- International style or Rationalism. THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. The triumph of modern architecture -- Sculptural architecture -- High-tech architecture -- Post-modernism -- Deconstructivism -- Trends.