Arch 882X [3-0-3]
History, Theory, Criticism: American Academic Architecture
This course provides an overview of contributions made to traditional and Classical design in America from the late 19th century to the present. Individual architects, fundamental of Beaux- arts design training, and currently practicing designers are covered.
Topics:
- Concept of Classicism
- Educational system of the Ecole des Beaux-arts
- American Education and training of the architect around 1900
- American Academy in Rome
- Richard Morris Hunt
- Charles F. McKim
- Stanford White
- Paul Cret
- Ralph Adams Cram
- Bertram Goodhue
- Wilson Eyre
- Neel Reid
- Philip Trammell Shutze
- American Country House
- American Colonial Revival
- John Blatteau
- Alan Greenburg
- Current Classicism in Atlanta
- Historic Craftsmen in America
- Current Craftsmen in America