HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

Segment

Course Sheet

Course code:

AI636

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016

Year of supply:

2017/2018

Divisions:

Gruppo A

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of Single Cycle Degree 5 years in ARCHITECTURE

Disciplinary Sector:

History of Architecture

Is part of:

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

GHISETTI GIAVARINA Adriano

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

120

Prerequisites:

The student must having passed the exam prerequisite “Storia dell’architettura I”

Objectives

The student must learn to:
- analyze architectural works, carried out in the historical-critical method, analyzing both the design issues based on the Vitruvian triad and on the spatial interpretation, conjunction with the executive aspects and paying particular attention to the general historical context and to the transformations of the environment;
- recognize the artistic personality of each architect, not always anonymous, expressing a value judgment on their works in the trace the creative process,
- know the relationship between client and architect, and between project and execution.

Contents

Contenuti CONTENUTI Sì Il corso si propone di avviare gli allievi alla lettura delle principali opere architettoniche eseguite nell’Antichità, nel Medioevo e nel Quattrocento seguendo il metodo storico-critico, ovvero analizzandone le problematiche progettuali con particolare riferimento al quadro storico generale, alle trasformazioni del contesto ambientale, ai sistemi costruttivi. Finalità principale di tale indagine è la formulazione di un giudizio di valore su tali opere, ripercorrendone il processo creativo.
- Questioni di metodo.
- Architettura dell'Antichità e del Medioevo: - Cenni sull’architettura micenea; architettura greca dall’età arcaica all’Ellenismo; urbanistica delle città greche. - Architettura romana: sistemi costruttivi, tipi, concezione spaziale; Vitruvio; classicismo ed altre influenze.
- Architettura paleocristiana e bizantina.
- Architettura medievale.
- Architettura del Quattrocento italiano The course aims to initiate the students to analyzing by the historical-critical method (that is, analyzing the design problems with special reference to the general historical setting, to the changes in the environment, to the building systems) the main architectural works executed in the Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. Main purpose of this investigation is the definition of a value judgment on these works, tracing the creative process.
- Methodological issues.
- Architecture in the Antiquity and in the Middle Age:
- Notes on the Crete-Mycenaean architecture; Greek architecture from the Archaic to Hellenism; planning of the Greek cities.
- Roman architecture: the building systems, the building types, the spatial conception; Vitruvius; the Classicism and the other influences.
- Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture.
- Romanesque and Gothic architecture. - Architecture in the Italian Quattrocento

Extended Syllabus

Methodological issues.
The Vitruvian triad; the spatial interpretation of architecture; the architecture and his urban or natural environment; architecture and construction; the relationship with the client; relations with the context and the preexisting structures.

Architecture in the Antiquity and in the Middle Ages:
- Notes on Mycenaean architecture; Greek architecture from the Archaic to the Hellenism; planning of the Greek cities. The palace of Knossos; Mycenae: the Lions’ Gate; the tholos of Agamemnon. The sanctuary of Delphi, the temples of Paestum and Segesta; Athens: the Acropolis, the theater of Dionysus; Bassae, the Temple of Apollo; Hellenistic centers:
Ephesus, Miletus.

- Roman architecture: building systems, building types, spatial conception; Vitruvius; The Classicism and the other influences.
Masonry and building techniques. Palestrina, Terracina, Cori. Pompeii. The Roman Forum and the Forum of Augustus; the Theatre of
Marcellus; The Colosseum; the Forum and the
Trajan's market; the Temple of Venus and
Rome, the Pantheon, Tivoli. Nimes, Trier, Baalbek. The Baths of Diocletian, the Basilica of Maxentius, Constantine's Arch, the Temple of Minerva Medica. The Diocletian Palace in Spalato.

- Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture.
The basilicas: the ancient S. Pietro; S. Sabina. : S. Costanza, S. Lorenzo in Milan, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, San Vitale in Ravenna. St. Sophia in Constantinople. The Catholic in
Stilo.

- Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
St. Thomas in Almenno, St. Ambrose in Milan;
Florence: San Miniato al Monte, Baptistery of St. John; the Abbey Church in Monte Cassino; S. Liberatore a Maiella; St. Nicholas in Bari; S: Marco in Venice.
Cistercian architecture: Fossanova, S. Maria Arabona. The Gothic in France: St. Denis, Chartres. The Gothic in Italy: the Duomo in Siena, S. Maria del Fiore, the Duomo in Milan.
Monastic architecture: Assisi, St. Francis;
Florence: Santa Maria Novella, Santa Croce.

Architecture in the Italian Quattrocento:

Brunelleschi: cupola di S. Maria del Fiore, Ospedale degli Innocenti, sacrestia e chiesa di S. Lorenzo, Cappella Pazzi, chiesa di S. Spirito.
Michelozzo: Palazzo Medici.
Alberti: Tempio Malatestiano, facciata di S. Maria Novella, Palazzo Rucellai, chiese di S. Sebastiano e di S. Andrea.
Bernardo Rossellino: Pienza.
Giuliano da Sangallo: S. Maria delle Carceri, Villa Medici a Poggio a Caiano, Palazzo Gondi.
Luciano Laurana: Urbino, Palazzo Ducale.
Francesco di Giorgio: Urbino, Palazzo Ducale; Cortona, S. Maria del Calcinaio.
Milano e Lombardia: Filarete; Amadeo, Cappella Colleoni a Bergamo; Bramante: S. Maria presso S. Satiro, S. Maria delle Grazie; studi architettonici di Leonardo.
Venezia: Mauro Codussi, S. Michele in Isola, Palazzo Lando, Palazzo Vendramin-Loredan.
Roma: Baccio Pontelli (attr.), Palazzo della Cancelleria.

Recommended Bibliography

C. BOZZONI et al., L’architettura del mondo antico, Roma-Bari 2006

R. BONELLI et al., Storia dell’architettura medievale, Roma-Bari 2005

C. TOSCO, L’architettura medievale in Italia.600-1200, Bologna 2016

P. MURRAY, L’architettura del Rinascimento italiano, Roma-Bari 2006

C. L. FROMMEL, Architettura del Rinascimento italiano, Milano 2014

Additional teaching aids will be provided during the lessons.

Teaching Methods

The ex cathedra lessons are flanked by classroom exercises, in which some themes and specific aspects of the course are treated with the execution of sketches and drawings, and with the possible help of literature searches.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam with execution of sketches and eventual questionnaire.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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