However, the wheel of history continues its spinning and so we come to a period, close to the present time – the 19th century. Again new styles emerged, which in one way or another were influenced by elements of old periods. The iron entered into the scope of main construction materials, namely bricks, wood, stone. Its use made the building look impressive and turned into a precondition for the development of the new style Art Nouveau – delicate and elegant. You can distinguish it by its fine metal elements in nature shapes, flames, flowers.
The refined, clear and symmetrical shapes are opposed by the Romanticism. The artists were bored to repeat endlessly the columns, typical for the Antique architecture and therefore they turned to the treasury of the Middle Ages. The recollection of the beautiful time of the Gothic cathedrals came back.