Development of Architecture 1

Course code: 129DAR1
Course guarantor: doc. Ing. arch. Radomíra Sedláková, CSc.
Form of exams: EX
Number of credits: 3 credits
Weekly load: 2+0
Course webpage: není

Abstract(semestr B232)
Lectures are covering the development of the concept of ancient architecture (layout, spatial and structural), style and composition im different territories - Egypt, Grecce, Rome at the end in Western Europe and its newly etablished states. Detailed analysis of selected monuments important for development of architecture within periods of interest is part of the lectures. Relations between society and architecture.
Content 
Subject of lecture cycle is development of European architecture from Ancient architecture (Greece, Rome) through Middle ages, early christian, Romanesque and Gothique, to Renaissance and Baroque. Architecture in connection of social, economical, cultural and life style development, including technical and technological development.
Literature 
[1]  Trachtenberg M., Hyman I. : Architecture from prehistory to postmodern, H. N. Abrams, Inc. publisher, The Netherlands, 1986
[2]  Nuttgens P.: The Story of Architecture, Phaidon, London, 1983, 1985 and later
[3]  Watkin D.: A History of Western Architecture, Laurence King Publisher, 1986, 1992, 1996
Prerequisities 
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