ARC 1702 - Architectural History II

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 the social, political and cultural factors which have generated art and architecture from the Age of Enlightenment to the present. The elements of architecture, described by Vitruvius as Function, Strength and Aesthetics, will be analyzed in significant buildings from the Eighteenth Century to the current works by contemporary architects. 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, to the various cultural factors that generated 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 that produced them, and describing their practical application to their own period in time.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful conclusion of the course the student, with minimum 80% accuracy, demonstrated mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual classroom instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 3/9/99; DBT 4/20/99; Effective Session 19991. 3 Year Review 2007.
C&I Approval: 05/25/2004, BOT Approval: 06/22/2004, Effective Term: Fall 2004 (340)

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