Duration
48h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in architecture | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is an overview of architectural history basics, from the greco-roman antiquity until the end of the nineteeth century.
It addresses the following issues, through 4 to 8 hours modules:
- the architect through history;
- the orders;
- history of the city;
- the christian church from Constantine to Viollet-le-Duc;
- domestic architecture;
- "heritage" through time;
- evolution and actuality of architectural history as a discipline.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims at acquiring a good understanding of the important historical trends in architecture and at acquiring a specific and precise vocabulary.
It constitutes a first contact with research in the field of architectural history.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
History courses from secondary school.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
ex-cathedra course, possible reading exercise.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Xavier BEZANCON et Daniel DEVILLEBICHOT, Histoire de la construction de la Gaule romaine à la révolution française (Eyrolles, 2013).
Louis CALLEBAT (dir. de), Histoire de l'architecte (Paris: Flammarion, 1998).
Paolo FIORE, « Recherches en histoire et formation des architectes. L'exemple du palais Della Rovere à Savone », In FROMMEL (Sabine) (dir.), Méthodes en histoire de l'architecture, Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale et urbaine, n°9-10 (Paris : Monum, janvier 2002), 113-126.
Andrew LEACH, What is architectural history? (Cambridge: Polity, 2010).
Jean-Michel LENIAUD, Vingt siècles d'architecture religieuse en France (Paris : CNDP, 2007).
Patrick NUTTGENS, Histoire de l'architecture (Londres, Phaidon Press, 2002).
Jean-Marie PEROUSE de MONCLOS, Architecture. Description et vocabulaire méthodiques (Paris, Editions du patrimoine, 2011).
Ian SUTTON, L'architecture occidentale de la Grèce antique à nos jours (Coll. : « L'univers de l'art ») (Londres : Thames & Hudson, 2003).
Reading one out of the two books in bold is highly recommended.
Reading P. Fiore's paper is compulsory. Other compulsory readings may be added in the course of the year.
Assessment methods and criteria
written exam and possible paper
A waiver test on vocabulary and timeline is organised during one of the last lessons
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Cl. Houbart