Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2017-2018
ARCH 645 - HISTORY & THEORY II - PRE 1890
Long Title: HISTORY AND THEORY II - PRE 1890
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Description: This course will trace the development of Renaissance and Baroque architecture in Italy and France with reference to the dialectic of license and rule. The first part, which covers the period from 1400-1600, will focus on the civil, domestic, and ecclesiastical architecture of the chief protagonists of the Italian Renaissance: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante, Giulio Romano, Michelangelo and Palladio. Their buildings and urban initiatives will be interpreted in terms of continuities & discontinuities between an emerging theoretical tradition and the demands of actual practice. Cross-list: HART 645, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ARCH 345. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 645 if student has credit for ARCH 235/ARCH 345/ARCH 535.