HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1
Stampa
Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic year
2020/2021
Regulations
DM270
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
1st semester (28/09/2020 - 22/01/2021)
ECTS
12
Language
Italian
Prerequisites
General background of European history, geography and Literature
Learning outcomes
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
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures and collaborative tasks
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
Assessment methods
Final oral test
Further information
Final oral test


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