ARTH 072. History of Architecture: Prehistory-1250

This course will provide an intensive introduction to the history of architecture, and its chronological and cultural spans are immense. We commence ca. 10,000 B.C.E. and end around 1250 C.E. and examine select works of architecture from diverse cultures around the world. In this course architecture is seen as a cultural product that can only be understood in relation to the societal complexities within which the architecture was produced, used, and received. Certain themes- such as cultural interaction and exchange, transmission of architectural knowledge, architectural patronage, the conception of space, and the role of technology and materials-will be addressed throughout the course.
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Morton.
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