Weeks 1 — 8


Week 1

Aug. 26 — Sept. 03

 

Topics

Course introduction

3 Pillars of Architecture

Roman Forum, Pompeii, Italy, 79 C.E.

 

Action Items

  1. Review course documents

  2. Complete readings: Roth, 1 — 4

  3. Watch lectures/videos

  4. Discussion Forum Introduction*

* Item due: TUE, 09.03, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Week 2

Sept. 04 — 10

 

Topics

Sound, Environment, Profession, Memory & Economics

House, Concrete, wood and steal, London, by Rachel Whiteread, 1993

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 5 — 8

  2. Watch lectures/videos

  3. Review presentation guidelines & topics. Begin research

  4. Discussion Forum: Question 1*

*Item due: TUE, 09.10, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Week 3

Sept. 11 — 17

 

Topics

Prehistoric, Mesopotamia & Egypt

Ziggurat at Ur, 2113 — 2006 B.C.E., Student Watercolour: Deqi Zhang

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 9 — 10, Lucie-Smith, 1

  2. Watch lectures/videos

  3. Watercolour 1

  4. Discussion Forum: Watercolour 1*

  5. Presentations: 1 — 5 *

*Items due: TUE, 09.17, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content


Week 4

Sept. 18 — 24

 

Topics

Minoan, Mycenae, Greece & Rome

Porch of the Maidens, Erechtheum, Acropolis of Athens, Greece, 421 — 406 B.C.E., Possible Architect: Mnesicles

Porch of the Maidens, Erechtheum, Acropolis of Athens, Greece, 421 — 406 B.C.E., Possible Architect: Mnesicles

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 11 — 12 (pp.249 — 254), Lucie-Smith, 2

  2. Watch lectures/videos/student presentations — in BB Learn. Login BB Learn and watch Presentations 1 — 5.

  3. Discussion Forum: Question 2*

  4. Presentations: 6 — 10*

*Items due: TUE, 09.24, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content

  • See Video Library (Week 4) for resources to accompany the readings.

  • Watch Student Presentations: 1 — 5 in Canvas.


Week 5

Sept. 25 — Oct. 1

 

Topics

Rome & India

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 12 (pp.254 — 273), & Essay 1: India

  2. Watch lectures/videos/student presentations

  3. Watercolour 2

  4. Discussion Forum: Watercolour 2*

  5. Presentations: 11 — 15*

*Items due: TUE, 10.01, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content

  • See Video Library (Week 5) for resources to accompany the readings.

  • Watch Student Presentations: 6 — 10 in Canvas.


Week 6

Oct. 02 — 08

 

Topics

Early Christian, Byzantine and Islam

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 13 & Essay 2

    Ref: Harris: E. Christian, p. 179, Byzantine, pp. 79 – 81, & Islamic, p. 306

  2. Watch lectures/videos/student presentations

  3. Discussion Forum: Question 3*

  4. Presentations: 16 — 20*

*Items due: TUE, 10.08, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content

  • See Video Library (Week 6) for resources to accompany the readings.

  • Watch Student Presentations: 11 — 15 in Canvas.


Week 7

Oct. 09 — 15

 

Topics

Romanesque/Carolingian, Early Gothic, French & English Gothic

Church of the Jacobins, Cloister, Toulouse, France, 1230 C.E. (Photo by V. Caranchini)

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 14 & Lucie-Smith, 3

    Ref: Harris: Romanesque, pp. 461-463, & Gothic Arch, pp. 256-261

  2. Watch lectures/videos/student presentations

  3. Watercolor 3

  4. Discussion Forum: Watercolour 3*

  5. Watercolours 1 – 3 (Set 1) Submit for Midterm Evaluation*

  6. Presentations: 21 — 25*

*Items due: TUE, 10.15, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content

  • Midterm Study Guide

  • See Video Library (Week 7) for resources to accompany the readings.

  • Watch Student Presentations: 16 — 20 in Canvas.


Week 8

Oct. 16 — 22

 

Topics

Italian Renaissance, Northern Renaissance & Mannerism

Tempietto, Rome, Italy, 1502 C.E., by Donato Bramante

 

Action Items

  1. Complete readings: Roth, 15 & Lucie-Smith, 4

  2. Watch lectures/videos

  3. Midterm exam — (available in Canvas)*

*Items due: TUE, 10.22, by 11:59 PM in Canvas

 

Content

  • See Video Library (Week 8) for resources to accompany the readings.

  • No presentations this week — due to the midterm.