Undergraduate Course: Georgian Architecture 1715-1830 (ARHI10011)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | By the early eighteenth century the search for definitive cultural precedents brought British architects to the European continent where they studied the buildings of early western civilization in Rome, and later at the Greek fountainhead. Influenced by these Classical models architects returned to Britain and adapted concepts of the Antique to their own styles. This course will study the Palladians, James Gibbs, the impact of the Grand Tour, the neo-classicism of both William Chambers and Robert Adam, architectural publications, the Greek Revival, the Picturesque Movement and will culminate with an analysis of the personal style of Soane, whose eclecticism foreshadowed the architectural debates of the nineteenth century. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course a student will:
Have a thorough knowledge of the architectural history of the UK in the period in question
Have an understanding of the wider social, political and economic factors that impinged upon architectural production in the Georgian period.
Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the wider theoretical and cultural contexts which informed architecture in the georgian period
Have an ability to analyse and interpret buildings, landscapes and urban design both within the parameters of the course and more generally
Have an ability to synthesise arguments from a wide variety of source material, written and visual, primary and secondary
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Tutorials will also take place on Thursdays, 1110-1300. In some instances the class will be split into two groups, with a 50 minute session for each, in others the whole class will meet for the whole two hour session |
| Keywords | Neoclassicism, Palladianism, Picturesque, Grand Tour, Georgian Architecture, eighteenth century |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Lowrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 2314
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Course secretary | Ms Fiona Binning
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