Course contents
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.
Reccomended or required readings
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