Course Description
This course offers a broad overview of architecture, urbanism, art, and culture of Italy. Our tours, site-visits and lectures will emphasize individual works of historic and contemporary architecture, the role of the individual building, urban components and spaces in the making of cities, the rural landscape, villas and gardens. These subjects will be understood within the larger socio-cultural context of Italy and its various regions. Rome will be the main laboratory of our study and common denominator in comparative analyses. Through the course of the semester, we will visit a variety of sites in many cities, including Pompeii, Florence, Verona, and Venice, as well as a variety of villas, gardens and other important sites in their environs.
Drawing lessons and workshops will be given periodically, especially at the beginning of the semester, sometimes on-site. This will allow students to quickly grasp the full repertoire and potential of the various drawing conventions and analytical techniques at their disposal. After the first few trips, the student will decide on the most appropriate drawing convention to use. A list of appropriate drawing supplies will be provided.
Requirements, Assignments and Evaluation
The cities and sites we will visit will constitute the primary classroom for this course. However, we will have the occasional traditional classroom lecture, and Power point lectures will given before each feld trip by the professor and guest speakers. Extensive handouts with maps, plans, images, and readings (articles, chapters from books) will be handed out a few days before each trip. Students will be expected to read and take notes from these documents before each excursion. It is expected that each student will produce drawings, diagrams and take extensive notes in a sketchbook. The sketchbook will be a primary means of evaluation in this course. There will also be a final examination at the end of the program.
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