Undergraduate Course: Bramante & High Renaissance Rome (ARHI10006)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Donato Bramante had contact with the most influential artists and patrons of his age. The course follows the career of Bramante, from Urbino, his birthplace, to the Duchy of Milan and finally to Rome, where he died in 1514. Thereafter, the principal architectural-historical events in Rome are discussed, particularly in relation to notions of Renaissance and High Renaissance. At the same time, changing religious and artistic values are traced up until 1546, the date of Michelangelo's appointment to bring Bramante's greatest Roman project, the church of St. Peter's, to a finish. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course aims to inform students about a period that is important both in history and historiography. The system of values that was developed in the period has had considerable currency. The principal objective of the course is that the reasoning that developed the system be revealed.
The honours course requires that students read and research in a more self-directed way than in previous years. They are called upon to organise more diffuse and challenging material, constructing more sophisticated architectural-historical argument, informed by analysis of primary sources and corrected by critical awareness with regard to secondary texts. |
Assessment Information
1x25000 word essay (50%)
1x2 hour examination (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Bramante, Architecture, Rome, Vatican, Urbino, Milan, Renaissance, popes, St Peter's Rome, Architect |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Jim Lawson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2619
Email: J.Lawson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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