Department:

History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation

Course Leader:

prof.dr.habil.arh. Hanna Derer

Teaching language:

Romanian

Learning outcomes:

Using usual words Presenting the main directions of the specific research by analyzing the architectural phenomenon starting with the Renaissance until the times of revival, by “case studies” approached within the civilization and cultural frame of western Europe. "Learning Outputs" (in "official" words) Knowledge As the second one for this field, the lecture equally stresses the absorption and integrated cumulation of knowledge (but simultaneously supports the development of certain abilities as well – see below). - assimilation and integrated cumulation of knowledge regarding the history, theory and philosophy of architecture, the preservation of built cultural heritage, as well as arts, technologies and adjoint humanities, as factors able to define the quality of architectural designs; - assimilation and integrated cumulation of knowledge regarding the history, theory and philosophy of architecture, the preservation of built cultural heritage, as well as arts, technologies and adjoint humanities, as factors able to define the quality of urban planning designs; - assimilation and integrated cumulation of knowledge regarding the bearing / supporting structure, building physics, building technologies and equipment able to ensure comfortable interior spaces; - assimilation and integrated cumulation of knowledge regarding the relationship between human beings and architectural products, between the latter and their surroundings, the architect’s vocation, and function within society, and by all these, - assimilation and integrated cumulation of knowledge regarding the architectural and urban planning design process, as defined by functional, structural, aesthetic and efficiency requirements. Abilities As the second one on history of architecture, the lecture stresses the development process of abilities – i.e. the capacity of reasoning in a field specific manner i.e. researching and valuating the architectural object, ensemble and the square like urban planning unit – regarding - the analytical approach of the architectural object, - the synthetic approach of the architectural object seen through the lenses of the architectural style it represents (as style is understood as a complex manifestation of a given historic stage), as well as regarding - the approach process of the architectural phenomenon within its (historic) context, by pursuing a higher development of the ability - stylistic assess the essence behind the shape. Responsability and autonomy By (its own) nature, the field (history of architecture) and the lecture supports individual study and hence - the raise of professional autonomy, while by the way it is organized and progresses, the lecture – up to the last teaching gesture consisting in fulfilling the valuation questionnaire that used to comprise a rather large area for students to directly formulate their thoughts – supports as well - the development of the personal capacity to take responsibility. Unfortunately, as the given questionnaires are anonymous, the efforts made for this very last goal are partially in vain.

Content:

Titles of the lectures 1. European and Italian preludes: from Vitruv to the Italian proto-renaissance 2. The cradle of early Renaissance: Florence – tradition and innovation in the architecture practice: Filippo Brunelleschi 3. The relationship between architecture theory and practice: the work of Leon Battista Alberti 4. The spreading of the early Renaissance: Lombardia, Urbino, Veneto 5. Centralization and dogma: Rome – the capital of high Renaissance during the time of Donato Bramante 6. The vulnerable centre – form and reformation of the content: Renaissance, mannerism and early baroque in the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti 7. Stable and unstable tradition: the late Renaissance in and by the work of Andrea Palladio 8. Reborn centre / centres: counter-reformation – content and form of the baroque: Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini in Rome, Guarino Guarini in Turin 9. Birth of the modern urban planning – urban space in the Baroque age 10. The spreading of Italian Renaissance throughout Europe: Italian artists in France, native ones in German speaking areas and in Britain 11. National replicas: evolving classicism in France, German renaissance and Palladianism in Britain 12. The temporary freedom: baroque and rococo as intermezzo 13. Unified national tendencies: classicism in the second half of the 18th century 14. Diversifying options: romanticism

Teaching Method:

lectures

Assessment:

optional reduction test and exam

Bibliography:

E-books (as well) Roth, Leland M.; Roth Clark, Amanda C., Understanding Architecture. Its Elements, History, and Meaning, 2018 Ching, Francis D. K.; Jarzombek, Mark M.; Prakash, Vikramaditya, A Global History of Architecture, 2017 Harbison, Robert, Travels in the History of Architecture, 2011 Fletcher, Banister, Sir, A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method, 1953 Books Gympel, Jan, The Story of Architecture: from Antiquity to the Present, 2008 Roth, Leland, M., Understanding Architecture. Its Elements, History and Meaning, 2nd edition, Westview Press, 2007 Ching, F., Jarzombek, M., Prakash, V., A global history of architecture, John Wiley ans Sons, Inc., New York, 2007 Moffett, M., Fazio, M., Wodehouse, L., A World History of Architecture, Laurence King ed., London 2003 Sutton, Ian, L’Architecture Occidentale de la Grèce antique à nos jours, Thames and Hudson SARL, Paris, (1999), 2001 Watkin, David, A history of western architecture, Laurence King ed., London, 2000 Hubala, Erich, Baroque & Rococo, London, 1989 Benevolo, Leonardo, The Architecture of the Renaissance, London, 1978 Blunt, Anthony (ed.), Baroque and Rococo: Architecture and Decoration, London, 1978 Wittkower, Rudolf, Palladio and English Palladianism, Londra, 1974 Portoghesi, Paolo, Rome of the Renaissance, London, 1972 Wittkower, Rudolf, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600 - 1750, Harmondsworth, 1965 Busch, Harald, Lohse, Bernd, Baroque Europe, London, 1962 Wittkower, Rudolf, Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, London, 1962 Mumford, Lewis, The City in History, London, 1961 Pevsner, Nikolaus, An Outline of European Architecture, Harmondsworth, 1943 Selected literature is provided at the beginning of each teaching cycle.

Notes:

This lecture is only partly the same with the one identified as IT-56.