History of Ancient and Medieval Architecture

Code:

200202

Acronym:

200202

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2010/2011 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	160	MIARQ	2	-	9	-	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand the conceptual and technical magnitude of ancient and medieval architectonic expressions in their specific territorial and urban, formal and constructive dimensions.
To contribute to the development of an inquisitive introductory methodology to the study of the History of Architecture which may become a matrix to address the historic context of architectonic units, regardless of the time and space to which they belong, in terms of location, function, form, technique, image, symbol and meaning.

Program

I – HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE
1. The symbolic signification inherent in Man.
2. The historic dimensions of human appropriation of space and time: individual and society, territory and city, inhabitation and economic production.

II EASTERN ANTIQUITY – Territory, City and Architecture
1. The continental territories of the great rivers: the settlement of agricultural societies and the organisation of space.
2. Mesopotamia: cities and monumental architecture.
3. Ancient Egypt: territorial and political unity, urban units, stone architecture of temples and tombs.


III CLASSIC ANTIQUITY – Territory, City and Architecture
1. The emergence of territorial insularity of the Aegean and the Mediterranean; space and time.
2. Crete: the palatial architectonic matrix.
3. Greece: classic city and Hellenistic city, Greek sanctuary and temple.
4. Rome: imperial urban matrix and civic architecture.

IV MIDDLE AGES - Territory, City and Architecture
1. Territorial fragmentation and the emergence of the local as a counterpoint to the universal in terms of Christendom.
2. Ruralisation of the West – castles and monastic complexes.
3. Urban renaissance – reduced city and urban expansion movements, episcopal city and new urban creations in the models of bastide and villes neuves, city limits, forms and architectures.
4. Religious monumental architectures: units of the High Middle Ages, Roman church and Gothic cathedral.

Mandatory literature

ARGAN, Giulio Carlo ; Historia del arte como historia de la ciudad. , Editorial Laia,, 1984
Conway Hazel; Understanding architecture. ISBN: 0-415-10466-1
Corboz André 080; Haut moyen age
Crowe Norman; Nature and the idea of a man-made world. ISBN: 0-262-03222-8
Erlande-Brandenburg Alain; La catedral. ISBN: 84-460-0219-1
Divorne Françoise; Les bastides d.Aquitaine, du Bas-Languedoc et du Béarn. ISBN: 2-87143-010-1
Duby Georges; O tempo das catedrais
Word-Perkins John B.; Architettura Romana. ISBN: 88-435-2473-9
MUNDY, John H.; RIESENBERG, Peter - ; The Medieval Town. , New York, Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company., 1979
Ward-Perkins John B.; Cities of ancient Greece and Italy. ISBN: 0-8076-0678-2
Stierlin Henri; Greece. ISBN: 3-8228-8578-9
Martin Roland; Greece. ISBN: 3-8228-9308-0
Benevolo Leonardo; Introdução à arquitectura. ISBN: 972-44-0828-0
Benevolo Leonardo; Diseno de la ciudad. ISBN: 84-252-1023-2
Duby Georges; O ano Mil. ISBN: 972-44-0026-3
Grimal Pierre; As cidades romanas. ISBN: 972-44-1183-4
Martienssen Rex D.; La idea del espacio en la arquitectura griega
Gros Pierre 340; Le projet de Vitruve. ISBN: 2-7283-0305-3
Wycherley R.E; How the greeks build cities. ISBN: 0-393-00814-2
Wildung Dietrich; O Egipto. ISBN: 3-8228-1272-2
Hofstatter Hans H.; Gothic. ISBN: 3-8228-9304-8
Adam Jean-Pierre; La construcción romana. ISBN: 84-930427-4-9
Borden Iain 340; architecture and the sites of history. ISBN: 0-7506-0756-4
Chueca Goitia Fernando; Breve história do urbanismo. ISBN: 972-23-1541-2
Grodecki Louis; Arquitectura gótica. ISBN: 84-03-33022-7
Martin Roland; Architettura Greca. ISBN: 88-435-2468-2
Morris A. E. J.; História de la forma urbana. ISBN: 84-252-1181-6
Pallottini Mariano; Alle origini della città europea. ISBN: 88-7097-035-3
Stierlin Henri; A Grécia. ISBN: 3-8228-7238-5
Châtelet Albert 070; História da Arte Larousse. ISBN: 972-26-0087-7
Giedion Siegfried; El presente eterno. ISBN: 84-206-7022-2
Mundy John H.; Europa en la alta Edad Média. ISBN: 84-03-12071-0
SCULLY, Vincent ; The natural and the manmade. , New York, St. Martin Press., 1991
ZUMTHOR, Paul ; Babel ou o Inacabamento, Lisboa, Bizâncio, 1998.
Oursel Raymond; Romanesque. ISBN: 3-8228-9659-4
Coppa Mario; Piccola storia dellc2b4urbanistica. ISBN: 88-7750-091-3
Fletcher Banister; A History of architecture. ISBN: 0-408-01587-X
La fundación de la ciudad. Mesopotamia Grecia Roma, Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contenporània de Barcelona; Institut d’Edicions de la Diputació de Barcelona,, 2000
Muller Werner; Atlas de Arquitectura. ISBN: 84-206-6997-0
Norberg-Schulz Christian; Existencia,Espacio y Arquitectura. ISBN: 84-7031-233-2
Norberg-Schulz Christian; Arquitectura Occidental. ISBN: 84-252-1805-5
Panofsky Erwin; Arquitectura gótica y pensamiento escolástico. ISBN: 84-7443-041-0
Stierlin Henri; O Império Romano. ISBN: 3-8228-8486-3
Cenival Jean-Louis de; Egypt. ISBN: 3-8228-9306-4
Polion Marco Vitrúvio; Da arquitectura. ISBN: 85-271-0506-3
Simson Otto Von 070; A catedral gótica. ISBN: 972-23-1304-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

The syllabus is delivered in 2-hour theory classes, complemented by 2-hour practical classes in which steered debate is promoted to deepen the course content, on the basis of individual monographic studies for the analysis and interpretation of the specific examples of architecture and the city contained in the syllabus.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Observations

This is a 2nd year course, and should be preceded by Drawing.