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| ARLL0202-1 | Architecture and town planning history and theory I
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Claudine Houbart |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Christian religious architecture at the start of the 18th century
Introduction: Religious architecture in Grecian-Roman antiquity
Chapter I: Paleochristian and Byzantine religious architecture
Chapter II: Religious architecture of the High Middle-Ages (5th - 9th centuries)
Chapter III: Norman religious architecture (10th - 12th centuries) Gothic religious architecture (12th - 15th centuries)
Chapter V: Religious architecture of the Italian Renaissance (15th - 16th centuries)
Chapter VI: Baroque religious architecture (17th-18th centuries) |
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| Course objective : | By the end of the course, students should have acquired a knowledge of the history of religious architecture and should have absorbed timescale of the history of art through the same theme.
This will help build upon their architectural knowledge and can contribute to their own creative thought processes.
The course also raises future architects' awareness of ancient built heritage and how to critically observe it, as well as the acquisition of a specialised vocabulary. |
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| Prerequisites : | General history from secondary school. |
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| Organization : | Lectures illustrated with slideshows.
General course notes are provided to students as well as sheets with illustrations and references from the slides shown during class. |
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| Written notes : | NUTTGENS (Patrick), Histoire de l'architecture, London, Phaidon Press, 2002.
PEROUSE de MONTCLOS (Jean-Marie), Architecture. Méthode et Vocabulaire. Principes d'analyse scientifique, Paris, Editions du patrimoine, 2002.
SUTTON (Ian), L'architecture occidentale de la Grèce antique à nos jours (Coll. : "L'univers de l'art"), Paris, Thames & Hudson, 2001.
LENIAUD (Jean-Michel), Vingt siècles d'architecture religieuse en France, Paris, CNDP, 2007.
A complete bibliography will be provided with the course notes. |
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| Assessment : | Oral exam in January |
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