Developments of Medieval Romanesque and Byzantine to Modern Architecture through the Gothic: Recourse to the Darwin’s Theory

Abstract

This study appraised the developments from Medieval Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic styles to Modern Architecture through a historical deductive research method. It posits that developments in Gothic and Modern Architecture were adapted from the Romanesque by what Darwin implied in the human and animal body, as beneficial selection. In this way, the study observed that major features of the Romanesque are copious in the Gothic and Modern Architecture. However, the study showed that this was further inflected in response to the demands of the era.  The study observed that these demands in Gothic and Modern Architecture are a response to climate change and technical improvements in ecclesiastical architecture respectively.  Thus, this study attempts to contribute to the discourse relating the human body and the changing demands of eras to architecture.