Architecture: Historiography, Theory, Criticism; Traditional and Contemporary Approaches
ARHA 364
Spring 2025
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate, Urban Studies |
This seminar--intended primarily for majors in history of art and architecture, for studio majors concentrating in architecture, and students interested in urban studies--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, urban landscapes, sociology, and affordable housing. Along with colonial, postcolonial, and decolonial studies of architecture, the seminar incorporates feminist architectural history and theory, energy studies, race and histories of modern architecture, and questions of canon formation and canonicity. |
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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: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
1. If discrepancies exist between major readings in Wesmaps and the results generated by the Text Book Information link, defer to the readings posted in Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore Text Book Information [First three texts are required; other readings are on e-reserve]
2. Donald Preziosi, THE ART OF ART HISTORY: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY, new edition (2009) ISBN-10: 0199229848
3. Nelson & Shiff, eds., CRITICAL TERMS FOR ART HISTORY, 2nd ed. (2003) ISBN: 0226571688.
4. Davies, THINKING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE: AN INTRO. TO ARCHITECTURAL THEORY (2011) ISBN: 9781856697552
5. Francoise Choay, THE INVENTION OF THE HISTORIC MONUMENT
6. Heinrich Wolfflin, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE
7. Roger Scruton, AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE
8. Erwin Panofsky, MEANING IN THE VISUAL ARTS
9. Henri Lefebvre, THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE Robert Mark, LIGHT, WIND AND STRUCTURE 10. Henry Glassie, MATERIAL CULTURE
11. Joan Rothschild, DESIGN AND FEMINISM
12. Barnabas Calder, ARCHITECTURE: FROM PREHISTORY TO CLIMATE EMERGENCY
13. Cheng, Davis, and Wilson, eds., RACE AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE
14. WRITING ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: EVIDENCE AND NARRATIVE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (2021)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two in-class essay exams, one preliminary research proposal, one oral presentations, one final research paper of 15-20 pages. Following studies of different historiographic methods, with essay exams after the first third and two thirds of the semester, this course focuses on the development of an extended research paper through the last third of the semester, analyzing a topic of the student's choice from at least two historiographic perspectives. A preliminary research proposal and oral presentation, and responses to oral presentations of other students precede the final paper.
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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 Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: BOGH113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 21 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 4 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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