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Please note that Perry Minyard, IT Support Administrator
is also a firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT) certified in performing CPR.
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| January |
12 |
Class 1: Addressing details of the program.
Assignment of building research topic
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| January |
19 |
Class 2: First of the Vitruvian triad: Firmness
Structural systems in Roman, Medieval and Renaissance
periods
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| January |
26 |
Class 3: Firmness continued
Materials used in Roman, Medieval and Renaissance
periods
Assignment: By January 29, write a brief typed statement
describing topics you would like to study independently.
These topics will be discussed in class February
12
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| February |
02 |
Class 4: Second of the Vitruvian Triad: Commodity
Plan organization of temples, forums, thermae, Christian
churches, palazzo, villa
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| February |
09 |
Class 5: Third of the Vitruvian Triad: Delight
Classical Orders, ornamental details, proportion
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| February |
16 |
Class 6: Organizing for the trip: Food, Customs,
Language
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| February |
23 |
Class 7: Organizing for the trip: Food, Customs,
Language
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| March |
02 |
Class 8: Review: Classical, Early Christian, Romanesque,
Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque - What do these terms
mean?
Reading: Lintner, A Traveller’s History of
Italy, pp. 1-116
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| March |
09 |
Class 9: Gods, Farmers, and Generals: The History
of Early Rome
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| March |
16 |
Class 10: From Republic to Empire: Roman Institutions
in the Imperial Age
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| March |
23 |
Spring Break
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| March |
30 |
Class 11: East and West: Rise of Christianity
and the Transformation of Roman authority
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| April |
06 |
Class 12: Florence and the Renaissance: Principal
artists and architects
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| April |
13 |
Class 13: Venice: La Serenissima, the Most Serene
Republic
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| April |
20 |
Class 14: Review / Quiz
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| April |
27 |
Class 15: Classes in COA cancelled for studio
reviews
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A review list of architectural terms
and names of major architects and artists that will
help you with the material being covered this summer.
The quiz will be fill in the blank or multiple choice
or visual identification. Most of these words are common
usage terms, but some may require review to recall their
meaning.
Column types, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite,
Podium, Pilaster, Portico
Colonnade, Prostyle, Pseudo-peripteral, Thermae, Circus,
Tepidarium, Calidarium, Frigidarium, Basilica, Amphitheater,
Theater, Apse, Niche, Pier, Pedestal, Podium, Atrium,
Coffer, Vault, Opus Caementicium, Opus Incertum, Opus
Reticulatum, Opus Testaceum, Dome, Narthex, Mosaic,
Nave, Impost block, Aisle, Transept, Bema. Aedicula,
Quadratura, Thermal Window, Astylar, quoin, Trompe-l’oeil,
Baldachino, Rustication, Contraposto, String course,
Palladian motif, Serliano, Piano nobile, Stylar, Piazza
Hadrian, Apollodorus of Damascus, Vitruvius, Giotto,
Arnolfo di Cambio, Brunelleschi
Alberti, Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, Borromini,
Perruzzi, Palladio
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