Class History of Architecture II

This UC will address as a theme the Middle Ages, the Carolingian and Merovingian proto-Romanesque and how it is part of the Byzantine evolution, but essentially the Romanesque and Gothic and the transition to the Renaissance. Like the other History of Architecture disciplines, it aims, beyond its scope, to constitute itself as a conceptual and instrumental basis for project disciplines. It intends that the student understand the various aspects associated with medieval architecture and also give the student the ability to know how to observe, seeing similarities and differences and the characteristics of different styles in Western culture. Make the student understand how shapes evolve to the present and be able to reason, responsibly, about their present.

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1-         1.1- Carolingian and Merovingian proto-Romanesque architecture and how it takes root in Byzantine architecture.         1.2- Romanesque architecture as heir to Western and Eastern Roman architecture 2- Gothic architecture. 3- Late Gothic and its transition to the Renaissance

Each theme to be developed must be framed in the intellectual and cultural conjuncture, in general, and, in the artistic one, in particular. Drawing will be used insofar as it provides a better understanding of the architectural object and is a fundamental instrument in the formulation of its synthesis. Use will also be made of written language in the form of descriptive synthesis and training in the observation of the architectural object. The specific vocabulary of each moment in history is thought of as a means of relating the architectural object with the respective construction methods, materials, meanings, etc. Students are called to participate in all classes either through more direct answers to concrete questions or through reflections that emerge from the ongoing discourse.

- BENEVOLO, Leonardo; ALBRECHT, Benno - As Origens da Arquitectura . Lisboa: Edições 70, 2004. - KOSTOF, Spiro - A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals . Oxford: oxford University Press, 1995. - NORBERG-SCHULTZ, Christian - Arquitectura Occidental . Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2000. - ROTH, Leland M - Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meanings . Abingdon: Routledge, 2018. - LLERA, Ranón Rodriguez - Breve História da Arquitectura, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa, 2006 - MOFFET, Marian, FAZIO, Michael, WODEHOUSE, Lawrence, A World History of Architecture, Singapura, Laurence King Publishing, 2003