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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
ARLL0302-1  Architecture and town planning history and theory I
Duration :  24h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelier en architecture (Lambert Lombard), 3rd yearToute l'année2
Holder(s) :  Claudine Houbart
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Civil architecture from antiquity to the 18th century
Chapter 1: Civil architecture in Greco-Roman antiquity
Chapter II: civil architecture in the Middle Ages
Chapter III: civil architecture of the Renaissance
Chapter IV: Baroque civil architecture
Course objective :  By the end of the course students should have acquired knowledge of the history of civil architecture and have understood the chronology of periods of art history through a similar theme.
This knowledge contributes to building their architectural knowledge and may feed their own creative thinking.
The course also raises future architects' awareness of ancient built heritage and how to critically observe it, as well as providing a specialised vocabulary.
Prerequisites :  Concepts of general history from secondary school and the 2nd Bachelor's course on the history of religious architecture.
Organization :  Lectures, illustrated with slides.
General course notes will be provided to students as well as sheets containing illustrations and references to the slides used.
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. A complete bibliography will be provided with the course notes.
Assessment :  Oral examination in June


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