Number & Title of Cours: ARPL 314 R1, Architectural History/Theory of Rome, 3 Credits

Number & Title of Cours: ARPL 314 R1, Architectural History/Theory of Rome, 3 credits.

Course Description:

This course will examine six crucial periods of architecture in Rome: Ancient, Early Christian, Renaissance, Baroque, Fascist, and Contemporary, directly experienced within the city supplemented by several lectures in the classroom.

Course Goals and Objectives:

● To use the city and learn through direct experience supplemented by on site lectures and a few lectures in the classroom.

● To take visual and text notes in a sketchbook.

● To recognize that by drawing one observes more closely and can understand more deeply.

● To explore and observe the building and its relationship to the city as physical/spatial artifact and as a social environment.

● To record the pertinent conceptual and formal aspects as well as the subjective experiences of the buildings and spaces visited.

● To study Rome at a variety of scales from detail to city.

● To improve drawing skills and analytical skills.

● To understand the historical ideas, motivations, myths, and rituals that shaped the built environment.

● To begin to get an idea of the special character and spirit (genius loci) of Rome.

● To develop an enthusiasm for architecture of all periods and to appreciate the potential of one’s own sketchbook to inspire design, be it of value immediately or in the future.

Student Performance Criteria addressed:

A.3 Visual Communication Skills

A.7 Use of Precedents

A.8 Ordering Systems Skills

A.9 Historical Traditions and Global Culture

A.10 Cultural Diversity

Topical Outline:

1. Ancient

2. Early Christian

3. Renaissance

4. Baroque

5. Fascist

6. Contemporary

Prerequisites:

ARPL 102 Architectural Foundations II (representation), ARPL 211, 212, 311 – Architectural History Sequence

Textbooks/Learning Resources:

Richard Sennett. Flesh and stone: the body and the city in western civilization. Faber and Faber. 1994

Paul Zanker. The power of images in the Age of Augustus. The University of Michigan Press.1990

Spiro Kostof. A history of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. Oxford University Press. 1995

Rudolf Wittkover. Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750. 1986

Ed H.A.Millon & V. Magnago Lampugnani. The Renaissance form Brunelleschi to Michelangelo. Bompiani. 1994

Offered:

Spring only; annually

Faculty assigned last two academic years:

Marina Kavalirek (P/T)