STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA I

Simona TALENTI STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA I

0660100004
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA CIVILE
EQF7
BUILDING ENGINEERING - ARCHITECTURE
2016/2017

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012
ANNUALE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
12120LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE FOR A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT CHARACTERIZED THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
Prerequisites
SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND OF THE ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES.
Contents
THE COURSE DEALS WITH THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE FROM THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION, TO THE REDISCOVERY OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE DURING XVIII CENTURY. THE PROGRAM FORESEES THEREFORE THE ANALYSIS AND THE CRITICAL READING OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL WORKS OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE PAST. THE DETAILED STUDY OF SOME SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND OF MEANINGFUL AUTHORS WILL COMPLETE THE CORPUS OF THE LESSONS. BESIDES THE NECESSARY REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY, OF THE CULTURE, OF THE IDEAS AND OF THE ART IN GENERAL, THE COURSE AIMS TO ANALYZE THE HISTORY OF THE TECHNIQUES AND THE CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEMS.
Teaching Methods
HE COURSE INCLUDES EX-CATHEDRA LECTURES, SEMINARS, TUTORIALS AND VISITS OF HISTORICAL SITES. IN ADDITION TO HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY WE WILL USE STYLISTIC, CONSTRUCTIVE AND ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS. STUDENTS HAVE TO DEVELOP AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS ABOUT SUBJECTS APPROVED BY THE PROFESSOR.
Verification of learning
THE JUDGMENTS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE DONE THROUGH AN ORAL FINAL EXAM AND THROUGH THE PRESENTATION BY THE STUDENTS OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF A CASE-STUDY APPROVED BY THE PROFESSOR (PRESENTATION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE HOURS RESERVED FOR EXERCISES).
Texts
D. WATKIN, STORIA DELL’ARCHITETTURA OCCIDENTALE, BOLOGNA, ZANICHELLI, 1990.
AA.VV., LINEAMENTI DI STORIA DELL’ARCHITETTURA, ROMA, CARUCCI EDITORE, 1978.
AA.VV., ARCHITETTURA NEI SECOLI, MILANO, MONDADORI, 1965.
BRUNO ZEVI, SAPER VEDERE L’ARCHITETTURA, TORINO, EINAUDI, 1997.
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