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Undergraduate Course: Karl Friedrich Schinkel (ARHI10009)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture - History Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionAs the father of Prussian nineteenth-century Neo-Classicism, Karl Friedrich Schinkel established principles of architectural, urban and landscape design that determined the character of Berlin and Postdam in the first half of the nineteenth century. At the same time, his unbuilt projects for sites on the Acropolis and in the Crimea provided a conscious point of contact between Periclean Athens and modern Berlin. The timeless quality of Schinkel's own work and its ability to bridge the centuries must also explain his lasting influence on both nineteenth and twentieth century designers, with such diverse architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, James Stirling, Aldo Rossi and Stephen Holl acknowledging a direct debt to the Prussian master. The course will study not only the individual works of Schinkel as stage designer, painter, urban designer and architect, but also the general principles that inform these works and the continued attraction of Schinkel's example for twentieth-century architects.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students must have honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees or honours entry to Music or by agreement of Head of Subject Area.
Additional Costs Contribution to possible field trip to Berlin
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire:
1 Detailed knowledge of one of the most significant and most influential architects of the nineteenth century.

2 Informed insights into the discussion of architectural style and the competing claims of the classical and gothic manners: the key debate of the nineteenth century

3 A broad introduction into German architecture in the modern period

4 The analytical skills necessary to understand the evolution of the Berlin cityscape between 1800 and the present day

5. Students will acquire the analytical skills to comprehend the progress of city planning in a European capital

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
1x2500 word essay (50%)
1x2 hour examination (50%)
Special Arrangements
None
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Iain Whyte
Tel: (0131 6)50 2322
Email: I.B.Whyte@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk
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