Introduction to Architectural History: Understanding the History of the Building Next Door
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Introduction to Architectural History: Understanding the History of the Building Next Door is an undergraduate survey of Western architecture from the ancient world to the twenty-first century. The turn-key course package uses canonical buildings and engineering marvels to understand the structures in American cities today. Using Vitruvius’s ancient definition of architecture (firmitas, utilitas, et venustas) this text analyzes buildings in terms of structure and technological innovations, function and cultural context, and form/style, as well as in prominent theoretical issues, personalities, and the broader field of the visual arts.
The chapters are organized into three units: Originators, Revivalists, and Modernists with automatically-graded quizzes and exams.
This course is heavy in terminology. Therefore, glossary terms, biographical profiles, seminal publications, interactive flash cards and Further Reading / Viewing links guide the reader to further information to comprehend important concepts presented.
Unit 1: Introduction: Basics of Architectural History
Basics of Architectural History
Development of the Greek Temple
Roman Architecture
Medieval Architecture
Unit 2: Revivalism
Renaissance
Baroque
Eighteenth Century Revivalists
Nineteenth Century Revivalists
Unit 3: Modernists
Modernist Pioneers
Early Modernism
High Modernism (Between the Wars)
Late Modernism
Appendices
Glossary Terms
Seminal Publications
Historical Periods and Cultural Movements
Architectural Styles and Schools
Biographical Profiles
Dr. Gayle Goudy is an architectural historian with a background in industrial design. Her teaching and research combines the built environment with design and traditional fine arts. Her interest in women in architecture led to a co-organized a symposium entitled “Suffragette City: Gender, Politics, and the Built Environment” at the College of Charleston and a panel entitled “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Collaboration and Intimacy in Art, Architecture, and Design” at the Universities Art Association in Toronto. She is researching the overlapping of digital technologies and craft and their potential to help us understand of architecture and the Built Environment. She holds a PhD from the University of Oregon in Architectural History and a BFA from the University of Kansas in Industrial Design.
She initiated the Art & Architectural History Club (http://blogs.cofc.edu/aah/) and currently serves as their advisor.
Introduction to Architectural History: Understanding the History of the Building Next Door is an undergraduate survey of Western architecture from the ancient world to the twenty-first century. The turn-key course package uses canonical buildings and engineering marvels to understand the structures in American cities today. Using Vitruvius’s ancient definition of architecture (firmitas, utilitas, et venustas) this text analyzes buildings in terms of structure and technological innovations, function and cultural context, and form/style, as well as in prominent theoretical issues, personalities, and the broader field of the visual arts.
The chapters are organized into three units: Originators, Revivalists, and Modernists with automatically-graded quizzes and exams.
This course is heavy in terminology. Therefore, glossary terms, biographical profiles, seminal publications, interactive flash cards and Further Reading / Viewing links guide the reader to further information to comprehend important concepts presented.
Unit 1: Introduction: Basics of Architectural History
Basics of Architectural History
Development of the Greek Temple
Roman Architecture
Medieval Architecture
Unit 2: Revivalism
Renaissance
Baroque
Eighteenth Century Revivalists
Nineteenth Century Revivalists
Unit 3: Modernists
Modernist Pioneers
Early Modernism
High Modernism (Between the Wars)
Late Modernism
Appendices
Glossary Terms
Seminal Publications
Historical Periods and Cultural Movements
Architectural Styles and Schools
Biographical Profiles
Dr. Gayle Goudy is an architectural historian with a background in industrial design. Her teaching and research combines the built environment with design and traditional fine arts. Her interest in women in architecture led to a co-organized a symposium entitled “Suffragette City: Gender, Politics, and the Built Environment” at the College of Charleston and a panel entitled “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Collaboration and Intimacy in Art, Architecture, and Design” at the Universities Art Association in Toronto. She is researching the overlapping of digital technologies and craft and their potential to help us understand of architecture and the Built Environment. She holds a PhD from the University of Oregon in Architectural History and a BFA from the University of Kansas in Industrial Design.
She initiated the Art & Architectural History Club (http://blogs.cofc.edu/aah/) and currently serves as their advisor.