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History of Architecture : from the origins to the Middle Ages

ltarc1140  2024-2025  Tournai

History of Architecture : from the origins to the Middle Ages
3.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
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Teacher(s)
Pouillon Henry;
Language
French
Main themes
Introduction to the theological, ideological and theoretical stances which inform works from Antiquity and the Middle Ages
  • The beginnings of architecture
  • Pharaonic Egypt: petrified eternity
  • Hellenic Antiquity: divine perfection of proportion
  • The Roman world: a universal and imperial construction
  • Paleochristian conversion: the renewal of meaning
  • Byzantine synthesis: Hellenism, Roman culture, Orientalism, Christianity
  • Isla : abstract expression of the divine
  • Romanesque experiments: Christianity made manifest
  • Gothic exaltation: structured use of light
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 The History of Architecture teaching unit is designed to provide a set of references. It will however avoid considering history as merely a reservoir of examples, but attempt to analyse 'historically', i.e. to put these examples in their context to gain better understanding of their complex meaning. 聽

The main objective of the unit is to ask questions and attempt to understand architecture, as a complex phenomenon, of an intellectual, physical and social kind, and its meaning. This will be done by taking a strictly historical approach.
Specific learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, students are able to
  • understand and use the vocabulary of art, architecture and urbanism.
  • identify and name the main (typical) stylistic characteristics of an artistic, architectural or urbanistic work in the period being studied.
  • logically place, in time and space, architecture and town developments representative of the period being studied.
  • explain the meaning of a work by putting it back in context, namely by understanding the whys and wherefores which shaped it.
  • place unfamiliar examples by referring them to familiar models.
  • convey the link between art history and the political, economic and social organisation of society.
Contribution to the learning outcome reference framework:
Build knowledge of architecture
  • Be familiar with and analyse the basic references
  • Be able to use given references which, by analogy, can lead to other interpretations of the context
Place the action
  • Analyse the environments and contexts according to various given methods and starting from various identified points of view
Make use of other subjects
  • Make use of other subjects to ask questions about the design and implementation of an architectural project

Use the technical dimension
  • Observe and assess the main construction principles of a building
 
Bibliography
  • Von MEISS (P.), De la forme au lieu. Une introduction 脿 l'茅tude de l'architecture, Lausanne, 1993.
  • TARICAT (J.), Histoires d'architecture, [Parenth猫ses], 2004 .
  • NORBERG-SCHULZ (Ch.), La signification dans l'architecture occidentale, Bruxelles-Li猫ge, 1977.
  • CHEYNUT (J.) et LEFEVRE (P), Parcours d'architectes, Paris, [Le Cavalier Bleu], 2012.
  • DONNADIEU (B.), L'apprentissage du regard. Le莽ons d'architecture de Dominique Spinetta, Paris, 2002.
Teaching materials
  • moodle
Faculty or entity
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unit茅 d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Architecture (Tournai)
ARCT1BA
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