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[ARTH-080A-01][ARTH-190J-01] Art History 80A: Introduction to Architecture General Education Code: T5, A Instructor: Virginia Jansen, Professor of Art History Location: Cowell 203 E-mail: jean_nilsson@macmail.ucsc.edu Phone: 9-2517 SYLLABUS COURSE DESCRIPTION Introduction to elements, technology, concepts, and semiotics of architecture in its buildings, functions, environments, societies, and history. Introductory class; no prerequisites. Team-taught by an architectural historian and a practicing architect, this class will juxtapose the visions and realities of architecture, past and present, providing a context for students to engage actively the forms and issues of architecture and the impact of the built environment on our lives. What do we all need to know about the Pantheon and the California "ranch-burger"?--and why? We will use the UCSC campus, with its diverse architecture and unique landscape, as a laboratory to investigate built form. Through lectures and discussions, sections, case studies, in-class and on-the-campus exercises, readings of architects' musings and sketchbooks, we will learn to "read" drawings, buildings, and spaces as well as to sketch as a way to think about places. We will consider formal qualities--scale, proportions, rhythms, light--structure and materials, physical, social and political influences on design, and the process of design, construction, and use. Assignments: hands-on projects as well as written papers, including measuring, analysis, siting and a photo essay; a midterm and short final exam. REQUIRED TEXTS: Course Reader Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Experiencing Architecture Mario Salvadori, The Art of Construction Philip Wilkinson, Pockets: Buildings Nikolaus Pevsner et al., Penguin Dictionary of Architecture ATTENDANCE is required at all classes including sections. Please note that until the class roll is set, you must sign the attendance sheet or e-mail goth@cats.ucsc.edu the reason you were absent. EVALUATIONS or LETTER GRADES will be based on knowledge, effort, and skill shown in the assignments and exams. Improvement over the quarter will be weighed.
Art History 190J-Topics in Medieval Art: The Built Environment of Medieval Cities Instructor: Virginia Jansen Location: Cowell College 203 Phone: 9-2055; msg. x2609 E-mail: goth@ucsc.edu
Syllabus DESCRIPTION: Upper-division seminar class studying roads, bridges, walls, market halls, civic buildings, hospitals, houses, churches, etc., in the economic, social, political and geographic/topographical environments of the medieval urban fabric. Course limited to 18 students. REQUIREMENTS: Discussion of required reading, oral class report, and long written report (15+ pages typed) on topic or medieval city. Class schedule of reports to be determined after students have selected topics. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT: Attendance is necessary since this course depends upon group participation and since the instructor will at times be presenting material which is not readily available in published form or in English. Students who miss classes may be dropped from the course. Necessary absences should be reported to the instructor ahead of time (message may be left at 459-2055 or x2609 or sent via e-mail). RESERVES: Various books, primarily for background and illustrations have been placed on reserve at the Reserve Desk in the main library (McHenry). A catalogue of these is located nearby. Slides are also available for student viewing by request in the Slide Library, also located on the first floor of McHenry. Instructor's slides may be made available by request, to be viewed also at the Slide Library. EVALUATIONS or LETTER GRADES: will be based on class participation, the oral report, and especially the written report. INCOMPLETES cannot be routinely granted. In cases of genuine medical emergencies, call the instructor.
TEXTS Required texts at the Baytree Bookstore: Wolfgang Braunfels, Urban Design in Western Europe James E. Vance, Jr., The Continuing City Required Course Reader Recommended: Hermann Kinder & Werner Hilgemann, Anchor Atlas of World History Blanche Ellsworth, English Simplified If you have never taken a course in medieval art, I recommend strongly that you immediately skim for general comprehension the relevant sections in a medieval history of art text, such as: James Snyder, Medieval Art Marilyn Stokstad, Medieval Art George Zarnecki, Art of the Medieval World
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