Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY I: EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL THEORY

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar examines European architecture and architectural theory from Alberti to Semper. Through the detailed consideration of a number of key buildings and theoretical texts, it investigates relationships between theory, design, and themes such as origins, orders, proportion, structure, sensation, character, type, style, and surface. Cross-list: ARCH 485.