Course Description
Architecture from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes the relationship between architecture and culture, aesthetics, and the environment.
Athena Title
History Built Environ II Archi
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LAND 2520
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Identify movements and persons prominent in the development of architecture and their major contributions to the development of the profession of architecture; 2. Identify significant works of architecture within specified time frames; 3. Describe and compare various styles or historic periods of architecture and the guiding concepts or design principles that characterized them; 4. Identify the physical resource conditions and the social, cultural, and economic conditions that shaped architecture; 5. Define various concepts, principles, techniques, or features constituting an introductory vocabulary for architecture.
Topical Outline
Introduction Traditional and Prehistoric Architecture Ancient Near East, Egyptian, and Greek Architecture Architecture in India Architecture in China Ancient Roman Architecture Medieval Architecture: Early Christian/Byzantine; Romanesque; Gothic Islamic Architecture Renaissance Architecture in Italy Seventeenth-century Architecture in Italy, France, and England Eighteenth-century Architecture in England and France Architecture in Japan Architecture and Theory in the Early Nineteenth Century Technological Developments and the Tall Building The Detached House and Frank Lloyd Wright Early Modern Architecture Modern Architecture Late Modern Architecture Contemporary Architecture
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus