Course Catalog - 2009-2010

     

ARCH 361 - CONSTANTINOPLE / ISTANBUL

Long Title: CONSTANTINOPLE / ISTANBUL
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: An exploration of the architectural and urban culture of the Ottoman imperial capital, Istanbul / Constantinople, from its conquest in 1453 until the empire's demise in the 1920s. Topics include: artistic and imperial legacies; patronage; political and religious symbolism; artistic canon and identity. Not open to students who have taken HART 220 or HART 520. Cross-list: HART 317, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 661.