Urban History I
Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
HA |
53 |
Official Study Plan - LHA |
2 |
2,5 |
5 |
- |
|
3 |
Objectives
Identify the plans and volumetry of urban structures from Eastern Antiquity to the Middle Ages, as a process in understanding societies.
Understand the practice of Hellenic urbanism as a starting point to reflect on the polis and its structures of social and political organization.
The praxis of urbanism in Rome and its influence and contributions to posterity. Types of medieval urban areas and their ideological and physical principles.
Program
The City: from Mesopotamia to Granada
l. Introduction: Origins and forms. Equipment. The city’s weaknesses: from earthquakes to war.
2. Mesopotamian cities (5.000 b. C. - 539 b. C.)
3. Egyptian Pharaonic cities (3.000 b. C. - 30 b. C.)
4. Eastern Mediterranean cities: urbanism in Crete and Mycenae
5. Greek cities: origin; development and characteristics
6. Athens: the urban structure from the Mycenaean to the Roman period
7. Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries
8. Plato and Aristotle’s concept of the city
9. Alexander's heritage: Hellenic urbanism
10. The Etruscan city
11. The Roman city: origin; development and characteristics
12. Rome: from the Republic to the end of the Empire
13. The city according to Vitruvio
14. The medieval city: origin; forms; development and characteristics
15. The cities of pilgrimage: the Santiago Route
16. Byzantium
17. Venice
18. The Islamic city
Main Bibliography
BENEVOLO , Leonardo – Diseño de la ciudad. México: Ediciones G. Gili,1978
CHARRE , Alain - Art et urbanisme. Paris: P.U.F. ,«Que sais-je?»,nº 2089,1983
HARQUEL, Jean-Louis – Histoire de l’ urbanisme. Paris: P.U.F. , «Que sais-je?», nº1892, 1981
MORINI , Mário – Atlante di storia dell’urbanistica. Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli, 1963
Complementary Bibliography
Specific bibliography on each topic will be indicated in the course of the semester.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures and interactive methods.
Software
No specific software required.
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Eligibility for exams
Positive mark in the final exam.
Calculation formula of final grade
Mark obtained in the final exam.
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Not applicable.
Classification improvement
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.
Observations
Language of instruction: Portuguese.