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AR2202 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE III SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH 3RD SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011-2012

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AR2202 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE III SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH 3RD SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011-2012 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY THIRD SEMESTER B.ARCH DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011-2012 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI,TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2008 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009


AR2202 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE III L T P/S C
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AIM:
To inform about the development of architecture in the Western World through the evolution of
Christianity as a religion and the cultural and contextual determinants that produced that
architecture.
OBJECTIVES:
 To understand Church architecture as evolving within specific cultural contexts including
aspects of society, religion, politics and climate
 To gain knowledge of the development of architectural form with reference to technology,
style and character in the Western World through the evolution of the church from early
Christian times up to the Renaissance period.
CONTENT:
UNIT I EARLY CHRISTIAN 4
Birth and spread of Christianity – transformation of the Roman Empire – early Christian worship
and burial.
Church planning – basilican concept: St. Clement, Rome; St. Peters Rome, - Centralized plan
concept: S, Vitale, Ravenna; S. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople; St. Marks, Venice.
UNIT II EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD 6
The Carolingian Renaissance – Feudalism and rural manorial life – Papacy – Monasticism –
Craft and merchant guilds.
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Medieval domestic architecture – Medieval monasteries- Monastery of Cluny III, Cluny -
Romanesque churches – Development of vaulting – Pisa Group – Abbaye aux Hommes –
Durnham cathedral.
UNIT III LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD 6
Political and social changes: Re-emergence of the city – Crusades, - Scholasticism.
Development of Gothic architecture Church plan, structural developments in France and
England – Notre Dame, Amiens; Notre Dame, Paris; Salisbury Cathedral; Westminster Abbey –
wooden roofed churches – domestic architecture.
UNIT IV RENAISSANCE AND MANNERIST 8
Idea of rebirth and revival – Humanism – Development of thought – the Renaissance patron –
Urbanism Renaissance architecture: Brunelleschi and rationally ordered space – ideal form and
the centrally planned church: Alberti and Donato Bramante – Merchant Prince palaces: Palazzo
Ricardi – Villas of Palladop : Villa Capra Vicenza – Mannerist architecture : The Renaissance in
transition – Michaelangelo : Library at S. Lorenzo, Florence, Capitoline Hill – Inigo Jones.
UNIT V BAROQUE AND ROCOCO 6
Protestantism – Counter Reformation – French Revolution – Monarchy and growth of nations.
Roman Baroque churches: The central plan modified – St. Peters, Rome; French Baroque :
Versailles – English baroque – Sir Christopher wren ; St. Paul’s London – Domestic Architecture
in England.
Rococo Architecture – Interiors – hotels.
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS
REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Sir Banister Fletcher, A History of Architecture, University of London, The Antholone Press,
1986.
2. Spiro Kostof - A History of Architecture - Setting and Rituals, Oxford University Press,
London, 1985.
REFERENCES:
1. Pier Luigi Nervi, General Editor - History of World Architecture - Series, Harry N.Abrams,
Inc.Pub., New York, 1972.
2. S.Lloyd and H.W.Muller, History of World Architecture - Series, Faber and Faber Ltd.,
London, 1986.
3. Vincent Scully: Architecture; Architecture – The Natural and the Man Made: Harper Collins
Pub: 1991.
4. Leland M Roth; Understanding Architecture: Its elements, history and meaning; Craftsman
House; 1994

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