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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture - History

Undergraduate Course: Georgian Architecture 1715-1830 (ARHI10011)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryBy the early eighteenth century the search for definitive cultural precedents brought British architects to the European continent where they studied the buildings of early western civilization in Rome, and later at the Greek fountainhead. Influenced by these Classical models architects returned to Britain and adapted concepts of the Antique to their own styles. This course will study the Palladians, James Gibbs, the impact of the Grand Tour, the neo-classicism of both William Chambers and Robert Adam, architectural publications, the Greek Revival, the Picturesque Movement and will culminate with an analysis of the personal style of Soane, whose eclecticism foreshadowed the architectural debates of the nineteenth century.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed ( Architectural History 1A: Introduction to World Architecture (ARHI08009) AND Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism (ARHI08004)) AND Urbanism and the City: Past to Present (ARHI08010)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students should normally have passed at least 60 credits of Architectural History or History of Art/History courses at Level 8. If the pre-requisites cannot be met, entry to this course can be negotiated in consultation with either the Course Organiser or Programme Director (Architectural History).
Additional Costs Possible field trip to London
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. At the end of the course a student will: Have a thorough knowledge of the architectural history of the UK in the period in question. Have an understanding of the wider social, political and economic factors that impinged upon architectural production in the Georgian period. Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the wider theoretical and cultural contexts which informed architecture in the georgian period Have an ability to analyse and interpret buildings, landscapes and urban design both within the parameters of the course and more generally Have an ability to synthesise arguments from a wide variety of source material, written and visual, primary and secondary
  2. Have an understanding of the wider social, political and economic factors that impinged upon architectural production in the Georgian period.
  3. Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the wider theoretical and cultural contexts which informed architecture in the Georgian period.
  4. Have an ability to analyse and interpret buildings, landscapes and urban design both within the parameters of the course and more generally.
  5. Have an ability to synthesise arguments from a wide variety of source material, written and visual, primary and secondary.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Tutorials will also take place on Thursdays, 1110-1300. In some instances the class will be split into two groups, with a 50 minute session for each, in others the whole class will meet for the whole two hour session
KeywordsNeoclassicism,Palladianism,Picturesque,Grand Tour,Georgian Architecture,eighteenth century
Contacts
Course organiserMr John Lowrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 2314
Email: J.Lowrey@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Daniel Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: Daniel.Jackson@ed.ac.uk
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