ARC 1701 - Architectural History I

Engineering and Building Arts Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2004 (340)

Course Description

This course is a general survey of social, political and cultural factors which have generated art and architecture from prehistoric times through the Baroque and Rococo periods. Instruction also includes drawings and sketches of major buildings. An annotated sketchbook will be required.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will investigate past civilizations for purposes of understanding how those civilizations shaped the built environment by:
    1. identifying buildings and the societies that produced them.
    2. identifying and discussing the inter-relationships between man, his tools and techniques, his culture and his economy as expressed in man-made physical forms.
  2. The student will relate architecture and the related arts of painting and sculpture and the various cultural factors that gave them form and meaning by describing how painting and sculpture, seen as an integral part of any culture, are not only related to each other but also related to the man-built environment.
  3. The student will discover meaningful expression for contemporary architectural problems through analysis of past civilizations and their architectural responses to their needs, materials and techniques by:
    1. discussing contemporary needs and wants and their resultant expression in the building arts, as seen through historical analysis.
    2. discussing the impact of past, present and future materials on buildings.
    3. discussing past, present and future techniques of construction on buildings.
  4. The student will develop and apply a vocabulary of architectural terms, forms and expressions by:
    1. defining terms and nomenclature traditionally used in the profession.
    2. identifying and drawing examples of architectural parts or forms.
  5. The student will develop an understanding of traditional principles of composition and design by:
    1. identifying design concepts and principles that have been generated in earlier civilizations.
    2. explaining the traditional principles of composition and design.
    3. drawing logical conclusions regarding the validity of various design principles to the cultures, which produced them, and describing their practical application to their own period in time.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 05/25/2004, BOT Approval: 06/22/2004, Effective Term: Fall 2004 (340)

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