Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: RENAISSANCE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This seminar will examine the architecture constructed in northern Europe between 1450 and 1550 bridging the gap between the end of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. The ambiguous term of "Renaissance Gothic" has been coined to describe a form of architecture that straddles two fundamentally different periods with radically different approaches to the meaning, function and form of architecture. We will explore why and how Gothic architecture, the dominant style of church building for almost 350 years, was abandoned in favor of a new imported form.