Es generalmente una fantasía arquitectónica, donde edificios, vestigios arqueológicos, ruinas y otros elementos arquitectónicos se componen a partir de combinaciones de elementos reales y fantásticos ordenados según los criterios idiosincráticos del artista.
Estos son los ejemplos más vívidos e imaginativos jamás pintados:
1. The Architect’s Dream – Thomas Cole (1840)
2. Architectural Capriccio with Jephthah and His Daughter – Dirck van Delen (1633)
3. Architectural Fantasy – Hubert Robert (c.1808)
4. The Tower of Babel – Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1563)
5. Gallery of Views of Modern Rome – Giovanni Paolo Panini (1759)
6. The Consummation of Empire – Thomas Cole (1836)
7. The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon – Edward Poynter (1890)
8. View of the Interior of a Cathedral – Jenaro Pérez Villaamil (19th Century)
9. Interior of a Gothic Cathedral – Paul Vredeman de Vries (1612)
10. Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple – Fra Carnevale (c.1467)
11. Architectural Capriccio – Francesco Battaglioli (18th century)
12. Ruins with an Obelisk in the Distance – Hubert Robert (1775)
13. Samson Destroying the Philistine Temple of Dagan – Antonio Joli (18th century)
14. The School of Athens – Raphael (1511)
15. Gothic Cathedral by a River – Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1813)
