American Architecture and Urbanism, 1770-1914
ARHA 246
Fall 2016
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 232 |
| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
This course considers the development of architecture and urbanism in the United States from the late 18th through the early 20th century. Major themes include the relationship of American to European architectures; the varied symbolic functions of architecture in American political, social, and cultural history; and the emergence of American traditions in the design of landscapes and planning for modern cities, especially Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The course considers houses for different sites and social classes, government buildings, churches and synagogues, colleges, and commercial architecture of different kinds, include the origins of the skyscraper. Urban environments include cemeteries, public parks, streets, and civic centers. Movements include neoclassicism, the Gothic and Romanesque revivals, the Chicago School, the arts and crafts movement, and the City Beautiful movement. Major figures studied include Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frank Furness, Henry Hobson Richardson, Louis Sullivan, the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Greene and Greene, Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, and McKim, Mead and White, among many others. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(IDEA-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Dell Upton, ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES [ISBN-13: 978-0192842176]
William Pierson, AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND THEIR ARCHITECTS I: THE COLONIAL AND NEO-CLASSICAL STYLES [ISBN-13: 978-0195042160]
Leland Roth, AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: A HISTORY [ISBN-13: 978-0813336626]
James F. O'Gorman, H.H. RICHARDSON, ARCHITECTURAL FORMS FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY [ISBN-13: 978-0226620695]
William H. Jordy, AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND THEIR ARCHITECTS IV: PROGRESSIVE AND ACADEMIC IDEALS AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY [ISBN-13: 978-0195042184}
Keith L. Eggener, ed., AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: A CONTEMPORARY READER [paperback ISBN 0-415-30695-7]
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two in-class essay examinations and a final examination; one research paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Prior completion of ARHA 151 is helpful, though this course is not a formal prerequisite |
| Instructor(s): Siry,Joseph M. Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: BOGH112; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 7 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 7 | FR: 5 |
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