Teaching Portfolio

HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCH. II
From the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

Spring 1998 & 1999, S. Rab

Tue., 01/12Course Overview; Introduction of basic concepts: Humanism, Scientific Knowledge, Reason & Sentiment, History & Modernity
Thur., 01/14 Demonstration of Course Web Site on MAILE by Teaching Assistant Rocky Arnold: How to get an account, how to access and use the site?
Tue., 01/19 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 1 (1500-1550 AD)
Search for an Ideal Form: Alberti & Leonardo da Vinci
Thur., 01/21 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 2 (1550 AD)
Nature as Inspiration: Bramante, Michelangelo & Raphael
Tue., 01/26 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 3 (1450-1600 AD)
The Re-design of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome, Italy
Thur., 01/28 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 4(1550-1580 AD)
Palladio: The Genesis of an Idea
Tue., 02/02 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 5 (1550-1580 AD)
Mannerist interpretation of Classicism
Thur., 02/04 Italian Renaissance Architecture - Part 6 (1500-1600 AD)
Italian Renaissance Gardens
Tue., 02/09 The Medieval and Renaissance City
Thur., 02/11 High Renaissance Architecture in Northen Europe (1500-1650 AD)
An Overview
Tue., 02/16 Architecture in the Age of Absolutism - Part 1 (1580-1700 AD)
Baroque Art in Italy: Bernini & Borromini
Thur., 02/18 Architecture in the Age of Absolutism - Part 2 (1515-1700 AD)
High Renaissance & Baroque in France Tue., 02/23 Architecture in the Age of Absolutism - Part 3 (1550-1700 AD) High Renaissance & Baroque in England, Germany & Austria
Thur., 02/25 Architecture in the Age of Absolutism - Part 4 (1500-1700 AD)
High Renaissance & Baroque in Flanders, Holland & Spain
Tue., 03/02 Architecture in the Age of Absolutism - Part 5 (1700-1750 AD)
Rococo Art
Thur., 03/04 Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment & Revolution (1725-1780 AD)
Part 1: Reactions to Rococo Art
Tue., 03/09 Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment & Revolution (1750-1800 AD)
Part 2: Visionary Neoclassicism in France
Thur., 03/11 Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment & Revolution (1750-1800 AD)
Part 3: English Landscape Gardens
Tue., 03/16

Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment & Revolution
Part 4: VIDEO on Stourhead

Thur., 03/18 German Neoclassicism Guest Speaker: Professor Barry Baker
03/22 & 03/26 SPRING RECESS
Tue., 03/30 MID-TERM EXAM (Lectures 1-19)
Thur., 04/01 18th Century North American Architecture
Tue., 04/06 Early 19th century European Architecture
Thur., 04/08 Early 19th Century American Architecture
Tue., 04/13 Late 19th Century Architecture in Europe
Exoticism, Symbolism & Early "Modernism"
Thur., 04/15 Early 20th Century Northern & Central European Architecture
Tue., 04/20 Late 19th Century & Early 20th Century American Architecture
Thur., 04/22 American Architecture Since World War II
Tue., 04/27 European Architecture Since World War II
Thur., 04/29 New Directions in Contemporary Western Architecture
Thur., 05/04 Review for the Final Exam (Lectures 20-28)
May 10-14 FINAL EXAM WEEK