Palladio & Palladianism (U00847)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : ACE-3-AHPallad

No architect has been more influential than Andrea Palladio. The nature of his work and the reasons for that influence are the themes of the course. The course falls broadly into two parts. The first concentrates upon architecture in Venice and the Veneto in the 16th century, and particularly the work of Palladio himself. That work was practical, theoretical and archaeological. The second part of the course considers English responses to it, specifically, what made it serviceable to English purposes. The discovery, study and interpretation of the work of Palladio will be studied, as will the English architectural culture and intellectual background which Palladio's example refined, against which it argued and into which it was assimilated and adapted. The study of English Palladianism deals with the period from about 1600 to 1750.

? Keywords : Palladio, English Palladianism, Palladianism, Venetian Architecture, villa architecture, Veneto, Burlington, Vitruvius Britannicus, Enlightenment

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : AH2A & 2B; or Honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees; or Honours entry to BMus (Music) or by agreement of the Head of Subject Area

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Architecture - History, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 40 minutes per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	14:00	14:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course is to help students towards an understanding of the theory and practice of architecture in Italy and England during the period covered by the course. Students are to be able to explain the arguments by which Palladian architecture was advanced in Italy and promoted in England and to see their social and political as well as aesthetic relevance. They are to develop an appreciation of how Palladio's architecture served his patrons, practically, rationally and imaginatively