Undergraduate Course: Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment (ARHI08001)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course surveys the history of British and European architecture, concentrating on the period from Greek antiquity to the neoclassical period of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The early lectures focus on Greek and Roman architecture, the architecture of eastern and western christendom in the Middle Ages as well as the secular architecture of that period. This section finishes with the first great re-evaluation of Antiquity in the the Italian Renaissance. The later lectures survey the Renaissance in Britain and northern Europe and the subsequent influence of the Italian Baroque in these areas. Later, the dialogue between developments and ideas in these countries and their respective responses to Antiquity forms the culmination of the course, which considers the theoretical, cultural and stylistic aspects of the architecture of the Enlightenment. The technologies of building and the emergence of the architectural profession are themes which recur during the lecture course. Excursions into the related fields of landscape architecture and urban design necessarily appear from time to time. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 33,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
30 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1 x 2000 word essay (50%), tutorial presentation and submitted presentation notes (20%), 1x2hour examination (30%) |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
¿ Knowledge of the history of European and aspects of non-European architecture from antiquity to c.1800.
¿ An awareness of the relationship between architecture and other aspects of culture, in particular visual culture.
¿ An awareness of the wider social, political, and economic context in which architecture is created
¿ An understanding of the way different cultures approach similar architectural problems
¿ A knowledge and understanding of the built environment of the present day and how it developed in order that intelligent and informed contributions can be made to the current debates on architecture
¿ Knowledge of the specialist language of architecture
¿ Some ability in the critical and comparative analysis of buildings
¿ Familiarity with the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism in the field of architecture
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus a weekly tutorial |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alex Bremner
Tel: (0131 6)50 2320
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
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