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Undergraduate Course: Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment (ARHI08001)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture - History Other subject areaEnvironmental Courses
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course surveys the history of British and European architecture, concentrating on the period from Greek antiquity to the neoclassical period of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The early lectures focus on Greek and Roman architecture, the architecture of eastern and western christendom in the Middle Ages as well as the secular architecture of that period. This section finishes with the first great re-evaluation of Antiquity in the the Italian Renaissance. The later lectures survey the Renaissance in Britain and northern Europe and the subsequent influence of the Italian Baroque in these areas. Later, the dialogue between developments and ideas in these countries and their respective responses to Antiquity forms the culmination of the course, which considers the theoretical, cultural and stylistic aspects of the architecture of the Enlightenment. The technologies of building and the emergence of the architectural profession are themes which recur during the lecture course. Excursions into the related fields of landscape architecture and urban design necessarily appear from time to time.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information Plus a weekly tutorial
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 30 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
A knowledge of the history of western architecture from antiquity to the beginning of the industrial era.

An awareness of the relationship between architecture and other aspects of western culture, in particular visual culture.

An awareness of the wider social, political and economic context in which architecture is created

A knowledge of the specialist language of architecture

Some ability in the critical and comparative analysis of buildings

Familiarity with the methodology and vocabulary of scholarship and criticism in the field of architecture

Assessment Information
1x2,000 word essay (50%), tutorial presentation and submitted presentation notes (20%), 1x2hour examination (30%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Alex Bremner
Tel: (0131 6)50 2320
Email: alex.bremner@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk
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