HAU33022/HAU33021: Building Modernity in Paper and Stone
Through the study of buildings and architectural publications (1500-1700) this module examines the role of architecture in the construction of modernity. To do so, architectural production in the early modern period will be studied under three lenses: architecture and antiquity/modernity, architecture and power and, architecture and the New Science. This module recognizes architectural publications as an important part of the architect´s work and will include visits to study some important architectural books kept at Early Printed Books in Trinity Library.
Students in this module will reflect on the formal differences that have led historians to classify works under Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque architecture and reflect on the usefulness -or not- of these art historical categories to describe the architecture of the early modern period. Students will consider the relationship between architectural theory and practice and how ideas shape architecture to propose alternative readings of early modern architectural production.
Students in this module will reflect on the formal differences that have led historians to classify works under Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque architecture and reflect on the usefulness -or not- of these art historical categories to describe the architecture of the early modern period. Students will consider the relationship between architectural theory and practice and how ideas shape architecture to propose alternative readings of early modern architectural production.
- Module Organiser:
- Dr Maria Elisa Navarro Morales
- Duration:
- Semester 2
- Contact Hours:
- HAU33022: 1 lecture per week, 1 seminar per fortnight
- HAU33021: 2 lectures per week, 1 seminar per fortnight
- Weighting:
- HAU33022: 5 ECTS
- HAU33021: 10ECTS
- Assessment:
- TBC
- Course open to:
[M=mandatory; O= optional]- Single Honors (O), Joint Honors (O), AMHC (O), Art History as a minor (O), visiting (O);
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Identify and analyse works of architecture from the early modern period.
- Assess the content and nature of the period’s architectural publications.
- Reflect on the relationship between architectural theory and practice in the early modern period.
- Critically engage with contemporary secondary sources on the topic.
- Read and become familiar with primary sources.
- Communicate ideas formed from the study of both primary and secondary sources.