These courses offer an opportunity for more specialized study of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Seminars meet once a week for a two-hour session in the afternoon.
Students are required to submit substantial written work taking the form of weekly essays or term papers. This course studies the impact of the Italian Renaissance on the development of architectural style in Europe and, especially, England from the 16th to the 18th century. We consider the works of the major English architects, and the growth of books on architectural theory and practice from Alberti, Palladio and Serlio in Italy to Sir Henry Wootton, Colen Campbell, and others in England. Particular attention is given to Smythson, Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Burlington, Kent and Brown. Art History, History .