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ARTS 305 - Architecture of the Enlightenment


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU

History of architecture and architectural theory from emergence of academic theory in France in latter quarter of 17th century through French Revolution will be covered. Emphasis will be given to central importance of French architectural culture for European architecture as a whole. Significant architects and writers from England, Germany, Italy and Portugal will be covered in detail. Among historical themes covered will be integration of applied sciences and archaeology into architectural theory, meteoric rise of bourgeois culture, philosophies of sensation and rationalism, birth of the police, and “revolutionary architecture”  Enrollment limit: 30.
Instructor: J. Harwood


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