The course will give at a general knowledge of the history of architecture and the city in the Western world, in a time span ranging from ancient Greece to the Roman Baroque. Knowledge of problems and critical reflection on themes and works will be encouraged; the ability to carry out diachronic and synchronic comparisons; the development of a methodologically reasoned evaluation.
Course Content - Last names H-Z
The course will give at a general knowledge of the history of architecture and the city in the Western world, in a time span ranging from ancient Greece to the Roman Baroque. Knowledge of problems and critical reflection on themes and works will be encouraged; the ability to carry out diachronic and synchronic comparisons; the development of a methodologically reasoned evaluation.
1- for attending students: D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Zanichelli 2016. Per approfondire: J. P. Adam, L’arte di costruire presso i romani, Longanesi 1994; A. Grohmann, La città medievale, Laterza 2003; D. Calabi, La città del primo Rinascimento, Laterza 2001; C. Conforti, La città del tardo Rinascimento, Laterza 2005; J. Ackerman, La villa: forma e ideologia, Einaudi 1992; J. Connors, Alleanze e inimicizie. L’urbanistica di Roma barocca, Laterza 2005.
2- for non-attending students: D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Zanichelli 2016; G. Cricco, F. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, Versione Gialla, Zanichelli, e i vari volumi della Storia dell’Architettura Italiana, Electa, Milano.
- G. Cricco, F. P. Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell'arte, fourth edition – yellow version, Zanichelli, Bologna 2016 (or earlier editions).
At the end of every lesson, or group of lessons, teachers will supply students with photocopies or PDfs of articles, essays and texts on the topics addressed. This material will be available on Moodle with access key.
Texts for comparison and analysis:
- D Watkin, “Storia dell’architettura occidentale”, quinta edizione italiana condotta sulla sesta edizione inglese, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2016 (o precedenti)
- W. Lotz, “Architettura in Italia, 1500-1600”, Rizzoli, Milano 1997
- J. P. Adam, L'arte di costruire presso i romani, Longanesi, Milano 1994
Learning Objectives - Last names A-G
Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architecture, to the ability to describe a building, evaluating its constitutive reasons; the economic and social context; the needs and objectives of the client in relation to the project responses; the use of materials; construction techniques; relations with the urban environment and the landscape; symbolic efficacy and representative values.
Learning Objectives - Last names H-Z
Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architecture, to the ability to describe a building, evaluating its constitutive reasons; the economic and social context; the needs and objectives of the client in relation to the project responses; the use of materials; construction techniques; relations with the urban environment and the landscape; symbolic efficacy and representative values.
Prerequisites - Last names A-G
Basic knowledge of the history of art and architecture in the context of Western culture.
Prerequisites - Last names H-Z
Basic knowledge of the history of art and architecture in the context of Western culture
Teaching Methods - Last names A-G
The traditional ex cathedra lessons will be alternated with lectures by external speakers and, when possible, by visits to the buildings.
Teaching Methods - Last names H-Z
The traditional ex cathedra lessons will be alternated with lectures by external speakers and, when possible, by visits to the buildings.
Type of Assessment - Last names A-G
1 - for attending students: ex cathedra lessons will be alternated with conferences and trips. In addition to the basic bibliography, additional in-depth readings on specific topics will be provided during the lessons. A written test on the first part of the program is scheduled to take place around the middle of the course. The final oral exam will focus on the second part of the lessons. The final grade will result from the average of the two tests.
2 - for non-attending students: oral exam on the whole program. The student will have to demonstrate that he has acquired a non-superficial and non-notional knowledge of the themes, architects and works addressed in the program, establishing connections and critical comparisons between themes and works from different eras and places.
Type of Assessment - Last names H-Z
Written exam concerning the first part of the course (from classical Greek architecture to Gothic architecture): students are required to answer open and closed questions. The same thing for the second part of the course (Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture).
For those who have not taken the written exam on the first part of the program, the exam will be oral on the entire program
Course program - Last names H-Z
The course aims at a general knowledge of architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance period. Particular attention will be paid to the description of the architecture, to the ability to illustrate a building, evaluating its constitutive reasons; the economic and social context; the needs and objectives of the client in relation to the design responses; the use of materials; the construction techniques; the relationship with the urban surroundings and the landscape; the symbolic effectiveness and the representative values. The traditional ex cathedra lessons will be alternated with lectures by external speakers and, when possible, with visits to the buildings