Undergraduate Course: Meanings of Classicisms (ARHI10039)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course examines why particular architectural forms can be invested with different meanings at times and places. It explores why classicism is a recurrent phenomenon in western architecture and in some non-western cultures, especially the relationship between architecture and power. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Students should normally have passed at least 60 credits of Architectural History or History of Art/History courses at Level 8. If the pre-requisites cannot be met, entry to this course can be negotiated in consultation with either the Course Organiser or Programme Director (Architectural History). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Architectural History/History of Art courses at Grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of classicism as a grammar of architecture, subject to change, according to historical and local circumstances.
- Critically evaluate material and documentary sources for classical architecture.
- Demonstrate communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
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Reading List
Anthony Grafton, Glenn Most, Salvatore Settis (eds)'The Classical Tradition' (Harvard UP, Cambridge 2010),
Michael Greenhalgh, 'The Classical Tradition in Art, Duckworth, London, 1978
Craig W. Kallendorf (ed.), ' A Companion to the Classical Tradition', Blackwell, Oxford, 2007
Salvatore Settis, 'The future of the classical' Polity Press, Cambridge, 2006 Robert A. M. Stern, 'Modern Classicism, Rizzoli, NY, 1988
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | classicsm, architecture, order, authority power |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Ian Campbell
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Course secretary | Ms Fiona Binning
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