Architecture: Historiography, Theory, Criticism; Traditional and Contemporary Approaches
ARHA 364
Spring 2009
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| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
This seminar, intended primarily for majors in history of art and architecture and for studio majors concentrating in architecture, surveys different methods of studying architecture and its history. Emphasis throughout is on comparison of general theories of interpretation in art history and other disciplines and their application to specific works of art and architecture. Topics include monumentality and collective memory, stylistic analysis, philosophical aesthetics, iconography and semiotics, patronage and ideological expression, structural technology and building process, material culture and consumption, vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes, spatial form, sociology, colonial and postcolonial architecture, feminist architectural history and feminist architecture, and digital design and fabrication in architecture. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing
This course focuses on the development of an extended research paper through four stages during the second half of the semester, analyzing a topic from at least two historiographic perspectives. Two well prepared oral presentations and responses to oral presentations of others are required as well.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ARHA)(ARST)(CSCT) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Heinrich Wolfflin, RENIASSANCE AND BAROQUE
Roger Scruton, AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE
Erwin Panofsky, MEANING IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Henri Lefebvre, THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE
Robert Mark, LIGHT, WIND AND STRUCTURE
Henry Glassie, MATERIAL CULTURE
Joan Rothschild, DESIGN AND FEMINISM
Donald Preziosi, THE ART OF ART HISTORY: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY
Francoise Choay, THE INVENTION OF THE HISTORIC MONUMENT
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Examinations and Assignments:
One short paper, one midterm exam, two oral presentations, one final research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Previous course(s) in art history, architectural history, and architecture will be helpful, though these are not formal prerequisites |
| Instructor(s): Siry,Joseph M. Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: DAC300; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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