Elements of history of architecture from Antiquity until the 19th century

Duration

48h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Claudine Houbart

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course comprises three parts:1. 
1.  an overview of architectural history basics, from the greco-roman antiquity until the end of the nineteeth century, addressing the following issues (2h/week):
- history of architecture as discipline;
- the architect through history;
- the orders;
- history of the city;
- the christian church from Constantine to Viollet-le-Duc;
- domestic architecture;
- "heritage" through time; 
2. lessons on specialised vocabulary, including self-assessment tests (1h max./week)
3. specialised lectures and readings putting the students in contact with some contemporary challenges of the research in histoy of architecture (max 1 h/week).
At the same time, the students work in groups on an exercise that is taken into consideration for the final result. 

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
exercise in small groups
lectures and readings

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.
Richard KLEIN, A quoi sert l'histoire de l'architecture aujourd'hui? (Paris : Hermann, 2018)
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).


Other readings might be recommended or imposed in the course of the academic year.

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam and exercise
Test on vocabulary are organised in the course of the year; a waiver test on vocabulary takes place during one of the last lessons.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Cl. Houbart