Students will be responsible for knowing and recognizing monuments discussed in the lectures. Those additional images for which students are also responsible will be available on this web site after class begins in the spring 2002 semester. This course will provide an in-depth introduction to the history of Western architecture emphasizing the formal, structural, programmatic, and contextual aspects of selected major monuments from ancient times to the present. For details and course bibliography students should consult their printed copies of the syllabus. Reading assignments in the text and in books on reserve for the course in the department library will be made in class.
Students are responsible for knowing and recognizing monuments discussed in the lectures.
Those additional images for which students are also responsible are illustrated below in the order of presentation. Reconstruction drawing of the Acropolis in Athens 2. Diagram showing position of the sculptures on the Parthenon 3. Plan of the Parthenon with the order of the procession on the frieze indicated 4. Pantheon overview 2.