Course ID: | LAND 2520E. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | History of the Built Environment II: Architecture |
Course Description: | Architecture from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes the
relationship between architecture and culture, aesthetics, and
the environment. |
Oasis Title: | History Built Environ II Archi |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2520 |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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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 |