Art 105: The History of World Architecture

Spring 2012, Harry Titus

TTh 12:30-1:45, Fine Arts 102

 

Date Topic Reading: Moffat, Fazio, Wodehouse, Buildings across Time: A World History of Architecture, 3rd edition.
Jan 19 Introduction Introduction
Jan 24 Ancient Architecture
 Chapter 1
Jan 26
 Ancient Architecture  
Jan 31 Greek Architecture Chapter 2
Feb 2 The Greek Temple  
Feb 7 Roman Architecture Chapter 5
Feb 9 Architectural change in the Roman World  
Feb 14
 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture Chapter 6
Feb 16
 Byzantine Architecture  
Feb 21
 Exam 1
  

 

Feb 23 Islamic Architecture Chapter 7
Feb 28 Southeast Asian Architecture Chapter 3
Mar 1
 Chinese Architecture Chapter 4
Mar 6 Japanese Architecture  
Mar 8 Romanesque Architecture Chapter 8
Mar 20 Gothic Architecture Chapter 9
Mar 22
 Early Renaissance Archtecture Chapter 11
Mar 27
 High Renaissance in Italy  
Mar 29
 High Renaissance Architecture  
Apr 3 Exam 2  

 

Apr 5
 Baroque Architecture in Italy Chapter 12
Apr 10
 European Baroque Architecture  
Apr 12 18th-century Architecture Chapter 13
Apr 17
 19th-century Architecture Chapter 14
Apr 19
 Iron and Glass  
Apr 24 Modern Innovation Chapter 15
Apr 26
 Modern Architecture  
May 1 Modernisms Chapter 16

 

Final Exam Friday, May 4, 9-11 AM Fine Arts 102


 For the treatise on architecture by Vitruvius, click here.

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