| Rosalie Stafford (homepage lifeloom.com) rosalie_stafford@yahoo.com office hours by appointment |
AR263 |
Syllabus History of Architecture |
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Neoclassic to Modern |
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| Le Corbusier: "Architecture goes beyond utilitarian needs. You employ stone, wood, and concrete and, with these materials, you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart. You do me good and I am happy and I say, This is beautiful. That is Architecture. Art enters in." |
| Course Description: This two-unit lecture course is a survey of Western architecture from 18th, 19th, & 20th centuries. |
| Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to identify and discuss within their historical framework:
Coursework will develop the student's ability
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Contents: Required textbook : Supplemental textbook : Reading : Writing assignments : Procedures for written work : Oral Presentations : Term Papers : Suggested Topics for Analysis — Buildings : Suggested Topics for Analysis — Architects : Suggested Topics for Analysis — Movements : Suggested Topics for Analysis — Expositions : Examinations : Evaluation : Scoring : Plagiarism : Free internet resources : Attendance : Office hours : Weekly Schedule : Week 1 : Week 2 : Week 3 : Week 4 : Week 5 : Week 6 : Week 7 : Week 8 : Week 9 : Week 10 : Final Exam |
Required textbook: Curtis, William J. R. Modern Architecture since 1900. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. |
Supplemental textbook: Trachtenberg, Marvin; Isabelle Hyman. Architecture from Prehistory to Postmodernity. 2nd ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. |
| Reading: Weekly reading assignments, outlined in the lecture schedule below, should be completed before the appropriate class. Ideas broached in the weekly reading assignments will be discussed in class. Ideas found in weekly reading assignments will form the basis for writing assignments. |
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| Writing assignments Three short formal analyses (totalling 1,500 words) and one short term paper (totalling 1,000 to 2,500 words) are assigned for the course. The term paper involves a formal and historical analysis of a building or site, taking account of the following criteria:
For the term paper, students need not choose a building that has been discussed in class; however, before undertaking the research, approval for the choice should be obtained from instructor. For the three formal analyses:
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Possible
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Wright's Guggenheim and the addition by Gwathmey |
| See http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html for information on writing a formal analysis. See "Kedleston_Hall & Roos House section in "Bernard Maybeck in San Francisco (1904-1916) & "Dulles International Airport Terminal" for examples of formal analysis of a building. See "Proposed Inclusion under Mills Act: 1622, 1628, 1630 J Ave, National City, California" for example of an analysis of the theoretical and historical context of a building. |
Procedures for written work Bring syllabus, notebook, and textbook to every class meeting. All drafts of homework and print-outs of downloaded research materials must be handed in along with final draft. Final drafts must be typed in 16 point sans serif font, not bold. (Go to FORMAT… FONT: TAHOMA; FONT STYLE: REGULAR; SIZE: 16 to format according to specifications.) If papers are not properly formatted, they will not be accepted and will be considered late. Please do not place formal analysis papers or term paper in any kind of folder or binding; the sheets should simply be stapled in the top left-hand corner. For the term paper, the use of illustrations is encouraged. Papers must be formatted according to MLA rules. Use this site for MLA style information: http://owl.english.purdue.edu. Place formal analyses and exams in a porfolio and turn them
all along with the term paper Week 10. Instructor will examine
entire corpus of work. Portolios will be returned. |
Oral Presentations Students will share the results of their research projects (term papers) in brief oral reports which will be timed and will not exceed 10 minutes. Handouts and visual aids (such as posters, models, or powerpoint presentations) are to be used. |
Term Papers Research projects are to be submitted in two forms: paper and word.doc via email. Graded papers will be returned to students. Selected emailed word.docs will be published to the web (with permission of author) so as to constitute archives of research which would be of interest to future Newschool students. |
Suggested Topics for Analysis — Buildings San Diego Area Buildings:
Los Angeles Area Buildings:
Chicago Area Buildings:
Minnesota & Michigan Buildings:
New York Buildings:
Massachusetts Buildings
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Suggested Topics for Analysis — Expositions
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Utopian Cities
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Examinations Three exams plus a final comprehensive exam will be given. Exams will consist of slide identifications. The following information may be requested: name of building, architect, location, approximate date. Dates of these exams are listed in the lecture schedule below. All of the images to be covered in the exams are available for study on this website. The final exam, in addition to slide identifications, will also include three questions to be answered in three short essays. No makeup exams will be given without a medical excuse from a doctor. |
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Evaluation Grades will be based on measures of performance which include the following: exams; formal analyses, term paper; class participation; effort & improvement in work; presentations in class. Assignments, attendance, participation, effort, improvement, etc. are all included in computation of grades. Late papers may be accepted — and marked down 10% to 30% — at instructor's discretion. |
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Scoring
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Plagiarism is the act of using a source without giving proper credit (MLA style). Plagiarism is stealing and is prohibited by your Student Code of Conduct. Even unintentional plagiarism is unacceptable; ignorance will not be accepted as an excuse. The proper use of the ideas or words of another requires correct source acknowledgement. Close attention to MLA rules protects you from receiving an F for plagiarism: all essays are to be written in proper MLA form. Any student who engages in plagiarism, deliberate or unintentional, will automatically receive an F. |
Free internet resources |
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| Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class. Absence is noted in 15-minute increments. Per Newschool policy, more than six hours’ total absence (30% scheduled classtime) will result in failing grade for course. Attendance is taken into account when participation is graded. |
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| Office hours by appointment. Please email instructor (rosalie_stafford@yahoo.com)anytime during the course of this class with questions or comments or to schedule office hours. |
| This syllabus contains information important to success in this class. All students are responsible for understanding the instructions contained in this syllabus, and homework will be graded in accordance to the instructions contained in this syllabus. Ask questions if you don’t understand any of the instructions. Although the instructor reserves the right to make possible minor changes to the following weekly schedule of activities, the planned course will progress according to the following weekly schedule: |
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Weekly Schedule |
Week
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FINDING MORAL VIRTUE IN THE
PAST
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| NEW MATERIALS: IRON, GLASS, STEEL, CONCRETE
Trachtenberg, chapters 10, 11, 12. |
Week
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CHICAGO SCHOOL / COMMERCIAL STYLE
Curtis, Part One, chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 1st formal analysis due |
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THE TOTAL HOUSE
Curtis, Part One, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9. |
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Week 5 |
| "MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE"
Curtis, Part Two, chapters 10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 15 2nd formal analysis due 1st slide exam covering weeks 2, 3, & 4 |
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Week 6 |
"A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN"
Curtis, Part Two, chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
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Week 7 |
"SIMPLE, GOOD, UNDECORATED THINGS"
Curtis, Part Three, chapters 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 3rd formal analysis due 2nd slide exam covering weeks 5 & 6 |
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DESIGNERS
Curtis, Part Three, chapters 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 3rd slide exam covering weeks 7 & 8 |
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VISIONARIES
Curtis, Part Four, chapters 33, 34, 35 |
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Week 10 |
Expositions
California Modern
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Week 11 |
Term paper due COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM Part I: Slide exam covering all images covered in class — 20 slides (timed 20 minutes) Part II: Essay exam covering concepts — three short essays (timed 90 minutes) Sample questions (for three 30-minute essays in final exam):
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