COURSE SCHEDULE

Unit I: Construction and Social Organization

January 26, 31 STONEHENGE

Stonehenge Page

Required Reading:

Christopher Chippendale, "Stonehenge: What is known."
Jacquetta Hawkes, "Stonehenge."
 

February 2, 7  THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA

Pyramid Page

Required Reading:

Mark Lehner, ""Pyramids in the Landscape."
Miroslav Verner, "The Construction of the Pyramids."
Dieter Arnold, "Pyramid Ramps."

 

Unit II: Ritual Space and Community

February 9, 14 TIKAL

Tikal Page

Required Reading:

Excerpt from Popul Vuh.
Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube, "Discovering the Past," "Tikal."
Linda Schele and David Freidel, excerpts from A Forest of Kings.
Linda Schele and David Freidel, "Maya Architecture" in The Code of Kings.

 

February 16, 21 THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS

Acropolis Page

Required Reading:

Peter Connolly, The Ancient City
Rhys Carpenter, "Iktinos."
Vincent Scully, "Poseidon and Athena."


 FIRST PAPER DUE (February 21)

February 23   NO CLASS

 

Unit III: The Function of Plans

February 28, March 2 THE BATHS OF CARACALLA AND DIOCLETIAN

Roman Baths Page

Required Reading:

Fikret Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity.
William MacDonald, "The New Architecture."
Frank Sear, "Roman Architects, Building Techniques and Materials"


March 7, 9 THE PLAN OF ST. GALL

St. Gall Page

Required Reading:

Wolfgang Braunfels, "The St. Gall Utopia."
Excerpts from St. Benedict's Rule.
Paul Meyvaert, "The Medieval Monastic Claustrum."

March 14, 16 SPRING BREAK

Unit IV: Ornament and Structure

March 21, 23 CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

Chartres Page

Required Reading:

Spiro Kostof, "The French Manner"
Whitney S. Stoddard, "The Cathedral of Chartres."
Georges Duby, Excerpt from The Age of the Cathedrals.
"The Miracles of the Virgin" (medieval text).
Second paper due: March 23

 

March 28, 30 MASJID-I SHAH

Masjid-i Shah Page

Required Reading:

Anthony Welch, "Shah 'Abbas I (1587-1629)."
Arthur Upham Pope, "The Safavid Culmination."
Oleg Grabar, "Islamic Religious Art: The Mosque," The Formation of Islamic Art (1973).
James Dickie, "Allah and Eternity: Mosques, Madrasas and Tombs."
Arthur Upham Pope, "The Meaning and Function of Persian Decoration."
Dalu Jones, "The Elements of Decoration."

 

Unit V: Urban Space as the Expression of Power

April 4, 6 PIENZA

Pienza Page

Required Reading:

Spiro Kostof, "The Renaissance: Ideal and Fad"
Charles R. Mack, "Pienza as an Urban Statement," Pienza, The Creation of a Renaissance City (1987).
Fifteenth century accounts of Pienza.
John Onians, "Architects and theories in the later fifteenth century."
N.B. Pass/Fail and Course Withdrawal deadline is April 6.

April 11, 13 THE FORBIDDEN CITY OF BEIJING

Forbidden City Page

Required Reading:

Liang Ssu-ch'eng, "The Chinese Structural System."
Andrew Boyd, "Planning Principles and the Chinese City."
R. MacFarquhar, "Where Earth and Sky Meet."
Susan Naquin, "Imperial Peking"; "The Imperial World."


Third paper due: April 20

 

Unit VI: Modernity and Tradition

April 18, 20 KATSURA IMPERIAL VILLA

Katsura Page

Required Reading:
Teiji Ito, "How Katsura Has Come to Be." (1983)
Naomi Okawa, Excerpt from Edo Architecture: Katsura and Nikko (1975).
Nishikawa Naito, "The Aesthetics of Katsura: Mannerism."
Lady Murasaki, Excerpts from The Tale of Genji.
Makoto Ueda, "Rikyu on the Art of the Tea Ceremony," Literary and Art Theories in Japan (1967).

April 25 LIBRARY CLASS

April 27 TEAM MEETING FOR FINAL PAPER

May 2, 4 BRIGHTON PAVILION

Brighton Pavilion Page

Required Reading:

John Morley, "The Royal Pavilion at Brighton," (1977).
John Summerson, "The Brighton Pavilion," The Life and Work of John Nash (1980).
Patrick Connor, "The Royal Pavilion at Brighton."

 

May 9 STATA CENTER, MIT

Guggenheim Page

Required Reading:

J. Fiona Ragheb, "Sites of Passage."
William J. Mitchell, "Roll over Euclid: How Frank Gehry Designs and Builds."

Final assignment due: May 16TB

 

TBA FINAL EXAM

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