Undergraduate Course: The Italian Renaissance Villa (ARHI10023)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Temporary dwelling beyond the boundaries of the city came to be possible and salutory in the early modern period. The course considers the various pretexts - practical, moral, imaginative & for living in the country, and the various forms, appropriate to location, function and social condition, that the dwelling adopted. The development of the villa first in Tuscany, then in the Roman Campagna and finally in the Veneto over a century and a half, up to the death of Palladio, will be traced. The architecture of the villa is to be set within the ideal representation of the countryside, in painting, literature and music, as it evolved through the period. A stay in the country & villeggiatura & promised release from the regrets and fears and from the present anxieties of urban life. At the same time, it was in imitation of the ancient Romans that pastoral repose could be sought or a fruitful harvest be expected. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 History of Art/Architectural History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course ** |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- The student is informed about the development of a system of values that had and has considerable currency. The principal objective of the course is that the reasoning that developed the system and its function as a critique of urban society be revealed.
- This being an honours course, the student acquires the ability to read and research in a more self-directed way than in previous years.
- The student has developed skills of analysis of primary sources, visual and literary.
- The student is a critical reader of secondary material.
- The student can organise diffuse and challenging material, constructing sophisticated architectural-historical argument.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Renaissance,villa,pastoral,agricultural,landscape,Italy,Florence,Rome,Venice,Tuscany,Campa |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jim Lawson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2619
Email: J.Lawson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Fiona Binning
Tel:
Email: F.Binning@ed.ac.uk |
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