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HAU33005 and HAU33015 European Architecture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

This module will focus on some of the most important architects working in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It will be organized around key architects and their works will be studied together with their theoretical production.
  • Module Organiser:
    • Dr Marie Elisa Morales
  • Duration:
    • Semester 1
  • Contact Hours:
    • HAU33005: 2 lectures per week, 1 seminar per fortnight
      HAU33015: 1 lecture per week, 1 seminar per fortnight
  • Weighting:
    • HAU33005: 10 ECTS
      HAU33015: 5 ECTS
  • Assessment:
    • HAU33005: Essay, project and visual analysis exercise
      HAU30015: Essay and visual analysis
  • Course open to:
    [M=mandatory; O= optional]
    • Single Honors (O), Joint Honors (O), Art History as a minor (O), visiting (O);

The module aims to introduce students to the ideas shaping architecture in the period 1500-1700, to examine the relationship of theory and practice and to consider how architectural ideas were presented. It will use material from the Early Printed Book collection and students will study both books and buildings.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon the successful completion of this module students should be able to:

  • Reflect on the relationship between ideas and buildings
  • assess the content and character of the period’s most significant architectural treatises
  • Identify the ideas that shaped the architecture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  • Identify and analyse canonical works of architecture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
  • Engage with contemporary secondary sources on the topic
  • Engage critically with primary sources
  • Communicate ideas formed from the study of both primary and secondary sources