| CODE | AUD2212 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Architecture of the Ancient World | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History of Architecture | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Aims: Through this study-unit, the student will gain theoreticaland visual knowledge about the prehistoric origins and subsequent development of architectural achievement in the ancient world,based on a timeline which will cover prehistoric building traditions, the architecture of ancient Egypt and the Middle East and the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, all presented in their respective geographical, socio-political and cultural context. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding: The visual material that will be presented in this study-unit will enable the student to better understand how the architecture of the ancient world reveals the start of a long story about mankind’s changing requirements of shelter and worship, about his eternal quest for perfectbeauty, about his needs to organize space and about his evolving skills in discovering,utilizing and inventing structural systems, materials and construction methods to satisfy these and related requirements. Skills: By the end of the study-unit, the student will be able: To understand that the architectural history of the ancient world forms an integral part of the training of professionals concerned with the built environment since the basic problems of design and construction are unchanging so that an acquired knowledge of how these problems were faced in the past helps in solving them now and in the future. Main Readings Fletcher, Sir Banister. A History of Architecture. Edited by John Masgrove. London, 1987 Daniel. G.E. The Megalith Builders of Western Europe.London, 1963 Smith, W. Stevenson. The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt. Harmondsworth, 1967 Preziosi, D. and Hitchcock, L.A. Aegean Art and Architecture. Oxford, 1999 Lawrence, A.W. Greek Architecture. Harmondsworth, 1954 Wheeler, R.E.M. Roman Art and Architecture. London, 1964 Supplementary Readings Adam, J.P. Roman Building – Materials and Techniques. London, 1989 Mellaart, J. The Earliest Civilisations of the Near East. London, 1967 Mellaart, J. Catal Huyuk. London 1967 Frankfort, H. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient. Harmondsworth, 1954 Kahler, H. Rome and her Empire. London, 1963 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Denis De Lucca |
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