Course detail

History of Architecture 1

FAST-BGA014Acad. year: 2022/2023

Introduction to the history of architecture, significant for the further development of European art of construction, the Pre-historic Age, the ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Egea and Etruria, the ancient Greece and Rome, construction techniques, styles, construction types.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the ancient Greece, the ancient Rome.

Prerequisites

The course does not connect with any preceding discipline. The information acquired in the typological courses may be made use of partially. The prerequisite to mastering this course is the general knowledge of culture and history at the secondary school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, megaliths
2. The ancient Egypt – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
3. The ancient Egypt – temple architecture, the cult of the deceased
4. The ancient Egypt – residences of sovereigns and serfs
5. The ancient Mesopotamia – Sumer, Akkad, Babylon
6. The ancient architecture of Palestine, Phoenicia, Asia Minor and Persia
7. Egea region and Etruria – starting point of the ancient architecture
8. The ancient Greece – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
9. The ancient Greece – temple, agora, propylaca, residential house
10. The ancient Greece – theatre, gymnasion, stadium, hipodrome
11. The ancient Rome – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
12. The ancient Rome – temple, basilica, forum, triumphal arch, palace, villa, residential House
13. The ancient Rome – theatre, amphitheatre, thermae, market halls, technical structures

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge of the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the ancient Greece, the ancient Rome.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HARARI, Yuval Noah. Sapiens. Stručné dějiny lidstva. 3. vyd. Voznice: Leda, 2018. 518 s. ISBN: 978-80-7335-569-2.
KOCH, Wilfried. Evropská architektura: encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. Praha: Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, 2012. ISBN 978-80-242-3657-5.

Recommended reading

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BOUZEK, Jan. Vznik Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2013. 359 s. ISBN: 978-80-7387-670-8.
CASSON, Hugh. Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993. ISBN 80-207-0185-0.
FRANKFORT, Henri – MATTHEWS, Donald, ed. and Michael ROAF ed. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (TheYale University PressPelicanHistoryof Art) 5th Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-300-06470-5.
SYROVÝ, Bohuslav. Architektura – svědectví dob: přehled vývoje stavitelství a architektury. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1987.
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury pravěku a starověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005. 208 s. ISBN: 80-01-03187-X.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Michal Konečný, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, megaliths
2. The ancient Egypt – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
3. The ancient Egypt – temple architecture, the cult of the deceased
4. The ancient Egypt – residences of sovereigns and serfs
5. The ancient Mesopotamia – Sumer, Akkad, Babylon
6. The ancient architecture of Palestine, Phoenicia, Asia Minor and Persia
7. Egea region and Etruria – starting point of the ancient architecture
8. The ancient Greece – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
9. The ancient Greece – temple, agora, propylaca, residential house
10. The ancient Greece – theatre, gymnasion, stadium, hipodrome
11. The ancient Rome – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
12. The ancient Rome – temple, basilica, forum, triumphal arch, palace, villa, residential House
13. The ancient Rome – theatre, amphitheatre, thermae, market halls, technical structures