B002399 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I

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The course will address the principal architectural and urban styles of the various periods, focusing on the architectural order and its components; classical Greek architecture; Hellenistic architecture; Roman architecture from the Republican Age to late antiquity; early Christian architecture; early medieval architecture; Romanesque architecture; Gothic architecture, and Renaissance architecture.

The course will address the principal architectural and urban styles of the various periods, focusing on the architectural order and its components; classical Greek architecture; Hellenistic architecture; Roman architecture from the Republican Age to late antiquity; early Christian architecture; early medieval architecture; Romanesque architecture; Gothic architecture, and Renaissance architecture.

The course will address the principal architectural and urban styles of the various periods, focusing on the architectural order and its components; classical Greek architecture; Hellenistic architecture; Roman architecture from the Republican Age to late antiquity; early Christian architecture; early medieval architecture; Romanesque architecture; Gothic architecture, and Renaissance architecture.

For participants.
At the end of every lesson, or group of lessons, teachers will supply participants with photocopies or PDfs of articles, essays and texts on the topics addressed.

Textbooks:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier editions)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier editions).

For non-participants.
The essential bibliography is composed of the following textbooks, which are optional:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier eds.)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier eds.).

Texts for comparison and analysis:
- N. Pevsner, J. Fleming, H. Honour, A Dictionary of Architecture, Overlook Press, New York 1966 (or later eds.)
- D. Watkin, A History of Western Architecture, Watson-Guptill Pubns, New York 2000 (or later eds.)
- P. Gros, L' architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a. C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milan 2001
- H. Millon, V. Magnago Lampugnani, The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo: The Representation of Architecture, Bompiani, Milan 1994 (or later ed.)
- W. Lotz, Architecture in Italy,1500-1600, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut 1995
- J. Ackerman, The Villa: Form and Ideology of Country Houses, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1990
- G. Morolli, Le membra degli ornamenti: sussidiario illustrato degli ordini architettonici con un glossario dei principali termini classici e classicistici, Alinea, Florence 1986.

To pass the final exam students must show that they have achieved the objectives of the course; in particular, they must possess an in-depth knowledge (including the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials, spatial and formal aspects) of the following works:

The Acropolis and its monuments
Sanctuaries in Lazio: Jupiter Anxur at Terracina, Hercules Victor at Tivoli, Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina
Walls of Royal and Republican Rome
Vitruvius and his theoretical works
Roman Forum
Imperial Fora
Trajan's Market
Arch of Titus
Arch of Septimius Severus
Basilicas of Aemilia, Julia and Ulpia
Vitruvius' Basilica at Fano.
Basilica of Maxentius
Theatres of Pompey and Marcellus
Colosseum
Pantheon
Temples of Mars Ultor, Saturn, Apollo Sosianus and Apollo Palatinus
Domus Aurea
Domus Flavia
Baths of Titus
Baths of Diocletian
Hadrian's Villa
St Peter's Basilica
San Lorenzo, Milan
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)
San Vitale, Ravenna
Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Cluny Abbey
Santa Maria Maggiore, Lomello
St Mark's, Venice
Pisa Cathedral
Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
Modena Cathedral
San Miniato al Monte, Florence
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
San Nicola, Bari
Monreale Cathedral
Choir of the Basilica of Saint-Denis
Notre-Dame de Paris
Basilica of St Francis, Assisi
Siena Cathedral
Florence Cathedral
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Basilica of San Lorenzo and Old Sacristy, Florence
Pazzi Chapel, Florence
Church of Santo Spirito (and sacristy), Florence
Dome, blind tribunes and lantern of Florence Cathedral
Malatesta Chapel, Rimini
Giovanni Rucellai: palazzo, chapel and façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Church of San Sebastiano and Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua
Pienza
Urbino
Ferrara
Palazzo Medici, Via Cavour (formerly Via Larga), Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome
Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Sant’Ambrogio (cloisters and rectory), Milan
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
Belvedere Courtyard and Spiral Staircase by Bramante, Rome
New Sacristy, Florence
Laurentian Library, Florence
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Medici villas
Villa Madama, Rome

For participants.
At the end of every lesson, or group of lessons, teachers will supply participants with photocopies or PDfs of articles, essays and texts on the topics addressed.

Textbooks:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier editions)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier editions).

For non-participants.
The essential bibliography is composed of the following textbooks, which are optional:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier eds.)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier eds.).

Texts for comparison and analysis:
- N. Pevsner, J. Fleming, H. Honour, A Dictionary of Architecture, Overlook Press, New York 1966 (or later eds.)
- D. Watkin, A History of Western Architecture, Watson-Guptill Pubns, New York 2000 (or later eds.)
- P. Gros, L' architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a. C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milan 2001
- H. Millon, V. Magnago Lampugnani, The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo: The Representation of Architecture, Bompiani, Milan 1994 (or later ed.)
- W. Lotz, Architecture in Italy,1500-1600, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut 1995
- J. Ackerman, The Villa: Form and Ideology of Country Houses, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1990
- G. Morolli, Le membra degli ornamenti: sussidiario illustrato degli ordini architettonici con un glossario dei principali termini classici e classicistici, Alinea, Florence 1986.

To pass the final exam students must show that they have achieved the objectives of the course; in particular, they must possess an in-depth knowledge (including the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials, spatial and formal aspects) of the following works:

The Acropolis and its monuments
Sanctuaries in Lazio: Jupiter Anxur at Terracina, Hercules Victor at Tivoli, Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina
Walls of Royal and Republican Rome
Vitruvius and his theoretical works
Roman Forum
Imperial Fora
Trajan's Market
Arch of Titus
Arch of Septimius Severus
Basilicas of Aemilia, Julia and Ulpia
Vitruvius' Basilica at Fano.
Basilica of Maxentius
Theatres of Pompey and Marcellus
Colosseum
Pantheon
Temples of Mars Ultor, Saturn, Apollo Sosianus and Apollo Palatinus
Domus Aurea
Domus Flavia
Baths of Titus
Baths of Diocletian
Hadrian's Villa
St Peter's Basilica
San Lorenzo, Milan
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)
San Vitale, Ravenna
Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Cluny Abbey
Santa Maria Maggiore, Lomello
St Mark's, Venice
Pisa Cathedral
Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
Modena Cathedral
San Miniato al Monte, Florence
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
San Nicola, Bari
Monreale Cathedral
Choir of the Basilica of Saint-Denis
Notre-Dame de Paris
Basilica of St Francis, Assisi
Siena Cathedral
Florence Cathedral
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Basilica of San Lorenzo and Old Sacristy, Florence
Pazzi Chapel, Florence
Church of Santo Spirito (and sacristy), Florence
Dome, blind tribunes and lantern of Florence Cathedral
Malatesta Chapel, Rimini
Giovanni Rucellai: palazzo, chapel and façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Church of San Sebastiano and Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua
Pienza
Urbino
Ferrara
Palazzo Medici, Via Cavour (formerly Via Larga), Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome
Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Sant’Ambrogio (cloisters and rectory), Milan
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
Belvedere Courtyard and Spiral Staircase by Bramante, Rome
New Sacristy, Florence
Laurentian Library, Florence
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Medici villas
Villa Madama, Rome

For participants.
At the end of every lesson, or group of lessons, teachers will supply participants with photocopies or PDfs of articles, essays and texts on the topics addressed.

Textbooks:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier editions)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier editions).

For non-participants.
The essential bibliography is composed of the following textbooks, which are optional:
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier eds.)
- G. Fossi, E. Ferretti et al., Arte viva Plus, art history course for Scientific High Schools, Giunti Editori, Florence, first ed. 2012
- L. Bartolini Salimbeni et al., Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura per i corsi di storia dell’architettura, Sovera Edizioni, Rome 2018 (or earlier eds.).

Texts for comparison and analysis:
- N. Pevsner, J. Fleming, H. Honour, A Dictionary of Architecture, Overlook Press, New York 1966 (or later eds.)
- D. Watkin, A History of Western Architecture, Watson-Guptill Pubns, New York 2000 (or later eds.)
- P. Gros, L' architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a. C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milan 2001
- H. Millon, V. Magnago Lampugnani, The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo: The Representation of Architecture, Bompiani, Milan 1994 (or later ed.)
- W. Lotz, Architecture in Italy,1500-1600, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut 1995
- J. Ackerman, The Villa: Form and Ideology of Country Houses, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1990
- G. Morolli, Le membra degli ornamenti: sussidiario illustrato degli ordini architettonici con un glossario dei principali termini classici e classicistici, Alinea, Florence 1986.

To pass the final exam students must show that they have achieved the objectives of the course; in particular, they must possess an in-depth knowledge (including the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials, spatial and formal aspects) of the following works:

The Acropolis and its monuments
Sanctuaries in Lazio: Jupiter Anxur at Terracina, Hercules Victor at Tivoli, Fortuna Primigenia at Palestrina
Walls of Royal and Republican Rome
Vitruvius and his theoretical works
Roman Forum
Imperial Fora
Trajan's Market
Arch of Titus
Arch of Septimius Severus
Basilicas of Aemilia, Julia and Ulpia
Vitruvius' Basilica at Fano.
Basilica of Maxentius
Theatres of Pompey and Marcellus
Colosseum
Pantheon
Temples of Mars Ultor, Saturn, Apollo Sosianus and Apollo Palatinus
Domus Aurea
Domus Flavia
Baths of Titus
Baths of Diocletian
Hadrian's Villa
St Peter's Basilica
San Lorenzo, Milan
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)
San Vitale, Ravenna
Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Cluny Abbey
Santa Maria Maggiore, Lomello
St Mark's, Venice
Pisa Cathedral
Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
Modena Cathedral
San Miniato al Monte, Florence
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
San Nicola, Bari
Monreale Cathedral
Choir of the Basilica of Saint-Denis
Notre-Dame de Paris
Basilica of St Francis, Assisi
Siena Cathedral
Florence Cathedral
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Basilica of San Lorenzo and Old Sacristy, Florence
Pazzi Chapel, Florence
Church of Santo Spirito (and sacristy), Florence
Dome, blind tribunes and lantern of Florence Cathedral
Malatesta Chapel, Rimini
Giovanni Rucellai: palazzo, chapel and façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Church of San Sebastiano and Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua
Pienza
Urbino
Ferrara
Palazzo Medici, Via Cavour (formerly Via Larga), Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome
Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Sant’Ambrogio (cloisters and rectory), Milan
Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome
Belvedere Courtyard and Spiral Staircase by Bramante, Rome
New Sacristy, Florence
Laurentian Library, Florence
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome
Medici villas
Villa Madama, Rome

The course provides cognitive support and the necessary critical tools for interpreting architecture from antiquity to the Renaissance. Students must master the fundamental competences of history of architecture, namely periodization; nomenclature; founding elements; construction techniques; the building site; materials; compositional themes; architectural typologies; design and historical survey; representation of architecture; the commissioner's role and the relationship with the figurative arts; the project and its capacity to change the environment, the city and the territory over time.

The course provides cognitive support and the necessary critical tools for interpreting architecture from antiquity to the Renaissance. Students must master the fundamental competences of history of architecture, namely periodization; nomenclature; founding elements; construction techniques; the building site; materials; compositional themes; architectural typologies; design and historical survey; representation of architecture; the commissioner's role and the relationship with the figurative arts; the project and its capacity to change the environment, the city and the territory over time.

The course provides cognitive support and the necessary critical tools for interpreting architecture from antiquity to the Renaissance. Students must master the fundamental competences of history of architecture, namely periodization; nomenclature; founding elements; construction techniques; the building site; materials; compositional themes; architectural typologies; design and historical survey; representation of architecture; the commissioner's role and the relationship with the figurative arts; the project and its capacity to change the environment, the city and the territory over time.

- For participants: ex-cathedra lectures, thematic and tutorial analyses, study visits.
- For non-participants: study of general texts (secondary school textbooks) combined with specialist texts listed in the bibliography.

- For participants: ex-cathedra lectures, thematic and tutorial analyses, study visits.
- For non-participants: study of general texts (secondary school textbooks) combined with specialist texts listed in the bibliography.

- For participants: ex-cathedra lectures, thematic and tutorial analyses, study visits.
- For non-participants: study of general texts (secondary school textbooks) combined with specialist texts listed in the bibliography.

The history of architecture embraces a series of exemplars that effectively document its phenomenological, symbolic and social value. Visiting these exemplars is essential when taking this subject, since it enables students to study first-hand the physical features of the buildings and their spatial and material characteristics. Hence visiting the works under study in situ is recommended to gain a more complete knowledge of them.
Florence:
Baptistery; Cathedral, dome, bell tower, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; San Miniato al Monte; Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi; Orsanmichele; Santa Croce, Pazzi Chapel, museum; Santa Maria Novella, church and museum; piazza and church of the Santissima Annunziata; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy, Laurentian Library, Medici chapels; Palazzo Rucellai and loggia (façade); church of Santo Spirito and sacristy; Museo di San Marco; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens.
Rome:
Fora (especially Trajan's Column and Market, the Arch of Septimius Severus, Basilica of Maxentius); Colosseum; Arch of Constantine; Pantheon; Santa Costanza (or the Lateran Baptistery); Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; Villa della Farnesina (Via della Lungara); Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio (Via Garibaldi); St Peter's Basilica; Piazza del Campidoglio; Villa Giulia; church of the Gesù.

The history of architecture embraces a series of exemplars that effectively document its phenomenological, symbolic and social value. Visiting these exemplars is essential when taking this subject, since it enables students to study first-hand the physical features of the buildings and their spatial and material characteristics. Hence visiting the works under study in situ is recommended to gain a more complete knowledge of them.
Florence:
Baptistery; Cathedral, dome, bell tower, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; San Miniato al Monte; Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi; Orsanmichele; Santa Croce, Pazzi Chapel, museum; Santa Maria Novella, church and museum; piazza and church of the Santissima Annunziata; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy, Laurentian Library, Medici chapels; Palazzo Rucellai and loggia (façade); church of Santo Spirito and sacristy; Museo di San Marco; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens.
Rome:
Fora (especially Trajan's Column and Market, the Arch of Septimius Severus, Basilica of Maxentius); Colosseum; Arch of Constantine; Pantheon; Santa Costanza (or the Lateran Baptistery); Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; Villa della Farnesina (Via della Lungara); Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio (Via Garibaldi); St Peter's Basilica; Piazza del Campidoglio; Villa Giulia; church of the Gesù.

The history of architecture embraces a series of exemplars that effectively document its phenomenological, symbolic and social value. Visiting these exemplars is essential when taking this subject, since it enables students to study first-hand the physical features of the buildings and their spatial and material characteristics. Hence visiting the works under study in situ is recommended to gain a more complete knowledge of them.
Florence:
Baptistery; Cathedral, dome, bell tower, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; San Miniato al Monte; Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi; Orsanmichele; Santa Croce, Pazzi Chapel, museum; Santa Maria Novella, church and museum; piazza and church of the Santissima Annunziata; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy, Laurentian Library, Medici chapels; Palazzo Rucellai and loggia (façade); church of Santo Spirito and sacristy; Museo di San Marco; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens.
Rome:
Fora (especially Trajan's Column and Market, the Arch of Septimius Severus, Basilica of Maxentius); Colosseum; Arch of Constantine; Pantheon; Santa Costanza (or the Lateran Baptistery); Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; Villa della Farnesina (Via della Lungara); Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio (Via Garibaldi); St Peter's Basilica; Piazza del Campidoglio; Villa Giulia; church of the Gesù.

For participants
Written exam, in two parts, with open and closed questions; composition of a short paper (max 4000 characters) on a topic agreed on with the teacher in the ambit of the course syllabus, to be presented at the exam.
For non-participants:
Oral exam on the topics indicated in the syllabus. The exam procedure demands that non-participating students provide the necessary iconographic material on a pc, tablet or paper. To pass the exam they must show that they have achieved the general objectives of the course. The oral exam is in four parts:
- historical-critical description of buildings and relative chronology;
- discussion of historiographic topics, conducted through images;
- discussion of methodological aspects and comparison between similar architectural works;
- demonstration of in-depth knowledge of the specified buildings and, more particularly, the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials and spatial and formal aspects.

For participants
Written exam, in two parts, with open and closed questions; composition of a short paper (max 4000 characters) on a topic agreed on with the teacher in the ambit of the course syllabus, to be presented at the exam.
For non-participants:
Oral exam on the topics indicated in the syllabus. The exam procedure demands that non-participating students provide the necessary iconographic material on a pc, tablet or paper. To pass the exam they must show that they have achieved the general objectives of the course. The oral exam is in four parts:
- historical-critical description of buildings and relative chronology;
- discussion of historiographic topics, conducted through images;
- discussion of methodological aspects and comparison between similar architectural works;
- demonstration of in-depth knowledge of the specified buildings and, more particularly, the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials and spatial and formal aspects.

For participants
Written exam, in two parts, with open and closed questions; composition of a short paper (max 4000 characters) on a topic agreed on with the teacher in the ambit of the course syllabus, to be presented at the exam.
For non-participants:
Oral exam on the topics indicated in the syllabus. The exam procedure demands that non-participating students provide the necessary iconographic material on a pc, tablet or paper. To pass the exam they must show that they have achieved the general objectives of the course. The oral exam is in four parts:
- historical-critical description of buildings and relative chronology;
- discussion of historiographic topics, conducted through images;
- discussion of methodological aspects and comparison between similar architectural works;
- demonstration of in-depth knowledge of the specified buildings and, more particularly, the chronology, commissioner, design process, distributive and structural characteristics, materials and spatial and formal aspects.