2018/2019

2018/2019

DM270

ICAR/18 (HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

(01/10/2018 - 18/01/2019)

9

80 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST

VICINI EMANUELE DOMENICO (titolare) - 9 ECTS

General background of European history, geography and Literature

The course is meant to give a basic knowledge of the Ancient and modern history of European Architecture (since Ancient Greece to XVIII Century) and aims at developing competencies in the analysis of the most relevant buildings, as a fundamental tool for the project activity

Main topics:
the birth of architecture; architecture and urban planning; space and its meanings; architecture as a language; architecture and geometry; proportions; perspective; architecture and colors; techniques and materials; architecture as a symbol; training for architects and patronage; architecture and theory of architecture; treatises from Vitruvius to XVIII Century.

History of architecture:
Greek and Roman Architecture; Paleochristian and Bizantine architecture; The Longobardian and the age of Charlemagne; The Medieval age: Romanesque, Gothic and late Gothic architecture; The first Renaissance: Brunelleschi and Alberti; The ideal city: Pienza and Urbino; typologies of Renaissance: Francesco di Giorgio, Filarete; Bramante and Leonardo in Milan; Architecture in Rome: Bramante, Raffaello; Michelangelo; Antonio da Sangallo; Peruzzi; Giulio Romano; Classic and Mannerism; Serlio; The Protestant Reformation; The second half of the century: Vignola and Palladio; Roman Baroque; Bernini, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona; Baroque out of Rome: Turin and Venice. The first part of the XVIII Century: Iuvarra; Great European Palaces; Versailles and Caserta; The Garden in Italy and in Europe; Neoclassical Age in Italy and in Europe.

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 80
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 40

1. Notes

GENERAL HANDBOOK
2. Giulio Bora, Gianfranco Fiaccadori, Antonello Negri, I luoghi dell’arte,
Electa scuola, voll. 1-4 (limitatamente alle parti introduttive e a tutte le schede e i capitoli su architetti e opere architettoniche)

HANDBOOK OF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
a) Watkin, Storia dell'archittura occidentale, Zanichelli
or:
b) AAVV, Lineamenti di storia dell'architettura, Sovera Edizioni

RESEARCH MATERIAL
at least one among the following:
a) S. Giedion, Spazio, Tempo architettura, Hoepli 1984 e edd. segg. (pp.: 2-153)
b) R. Wittkover, Arte e architettura in Italia 1600-1750, Einaudi (parte prima, cap. VI; parte seconda, capp. VIII, IX, X, XII; parte terza, capp: XVI, XVII).
c) R. Wittkower, Principi architettonici nell’età dell’Umanesimo, Einaudi

research material will be discussed during the lessons

The final oral test will cover the entire syllabus.
papers and essays prepared during practical class may be considered in final evaluation

The final oral test will cover the entire syllabus.
papers and essays prepared during practical class may be considered in final evaluation