Arch 882X [3-0-3]
History, Theory, Criticism: Medieval Architecture
Investigations of the architecture of medieval Europe with selected inquiries in Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic eras. The major emphasis of the course is the history of Romanesque and Gothic church architecture in France and England.
A study of architecture and related arts during the Middle Ages as follows:
- Early Christian and Byzantine basilican and centralized traditions
- Merovingian, Carolingian, Ottonian, and Anglo Saxon traditions
- The monastery, pilgrimage routes, and pilgrimage churches
- Romanesque architecture and its regional styles in France
- English Norman - Romanesque wall paintings and sculpture
- Early Gothic in France
- Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular in England
- Late Gothic in France
- Gothic Sculpture and Stained Glass
- Medieval Architecture in Spain, Italy, and Germany