L 1. Introduction. Architecture as a form of the culture. The most ancient forms of architecture.
L 2. Ancient Egyptian Architecture (Early Dynasty, Old Kingdom and The First Intermediate period, 4,500-1,600 BC).
L 3. Ancient Egyptian Architecture (Middle and New Kingdoms, Greek-Roman period, 1,600-330 BC).
L 4. Architecture of Mesopotamia (10,000-VI c. BC).
L 5.Aegean and Ancient Greek architecture.
L 6. Architecture of the Ancient Greece (Classic and Hellenistic periods, V-I BC)
L 7. Architecture of Ancient Rome (VIII-27 BC)
L 8. Architecture of Roman Empire (27-476 AD)
L 9. Byzantine Architecture (476-1453)
L 10. Romanesque Architecture (X-XIII)
L 11. Gothic Architecture
L 12. Muslim Architecture
L 13. Architecture of Turkey
L 14. Architecture of Ancient India
L 15. Islamic Architecture in India
L 16. Pre-Columbian American Architecture
Seminars (15 hours)
S 1. General view of architecture
Discussion:
1. Birth of architecture;
2. Paleolithic dwelling ;
3. Megalithic structures of the World.
S 2. Most ancient urban planning and architecture
Discussion:
1. Urban concepts of Mesopotamian cities;
2. Assirian palaces.
S 3.Architecture of Ancient Egypt
Discussion:
1. Urban planning;
2. Egyptian order;
3. Complex of temples in Karnak.
S 4.Urban planning and architecture of Ancient Greece
Discussion:
1. Urban planning;
2. Etruscan architecture;
3. Types of temples.
S 5.Ancient Roman architecture
Discussion:
1. Forums of Roman emperors;
2. Bridges and aqueducts;
3. Architecture at the Roman provinces (Syria, Palestine, Europe etc.).
S 6.Byzantine architecture
Discussion:
1. Early Byzantine architecture;
2. Hagia Sophia temple in Constantinople;
3. Dwelling and palaces at Byzantine provinces.
S 7.Medieval architecture of Western Europe
Discussion:
1. Architecture of monasteries
2. Gothic architecture in XII-XIV
3. Construction of Gothic cathedrals.
S 8.Architecture of Arabian countries, Middle East and Arabian Caliphates of Spain.
Discussion:
1. Architecture of Magrib;
2. Arabian cities in Spain;
3. Urban planning at Iran and Turkey.
Module II (14 hours)
Themes of Lectures
L 17. Architecture of Ancient and Medieval China
L 18. Architecture of Ancient and Medieval Japan
L 19. Architecture of Early Renaissance
L 20. Architecture of High and Late Renaissance
L 21. Architecture of Europe in XVII c.
L 22. Architecture of France in XVII-XIX.
L 23. Architecture of England, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria in XVII-XIX.
L 24. Architecture of Spain, Portugal and Latin America in XVII-XIX.
L 25. Architecture of Northern America in XVII-XIX.
L 26. Architecture of Kiev Russia
L 27. Architecture of Russia in XV-XVII
L 28. Architecture of Russia in XVII-XIX.
L 29. Architecture of Pre-Muslim Central Asia
L 30. Architecture of Central Asia in X-XVIII.
Seminars
S 9. Urban planning at India, China and Japan
Discussion:
1. Improvement of the cities;
2. Urban theory at Ancient India;
3. Urban theory at Ancient China;
S 10.Italian Urban planning in Renaissance and Baroque (XV-XVII)
Discussion:
1. Squares of Renaissance and Baroque: comparison;
2. Architectural monuments of Florence and Venice;
3. Great masters of Renaissance and Baroque.
S 11.French architecture in XVII – beginning of XIX.
Discussion:
1. Squares of Paris;
2. Versailles and its planning structure;
3. Urban concepts of French towns.
S 12.Russian architecture in 10 – beginning of 18c.
Discussion:
1. Architecture of Eastern Slavs;
2. St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev;
3. Architectural monuments of Novgorod the Great.
4. Architecture of Early Moscow period
S 13.Russian urban planning in XVIII – XIX.
Discussion:
1. Russian urban concepts;
2. Masters of architecture in St-Petersburg;
3. Moscow Cremlin.
S 14.Architecture of Ancient Central Asia.
Discussion:
1. Urbanism
2. Pre-Islamic building
3. Architecture of Karakhanids
S 15.Architecture of Central Asia in XIV-XIX.
Discussion:
1. Timurids architecture
2. Architecture in XVII
3. Architecture of Central Asian khanates
Graphics of Independent work of the Student
Weeks
Number of occupation by Syllabus
IWS
Plus Office-hours
Theme and types of occupation (with indication of pages in references)
Terms of deliveries and reception of a task (weeks)
Subjects and a type of a task (with the indication of pages of literature and volume)
Terms of delivery and reception of a task (week)
Start
Fin.
Start
Fin.
Module I
L 1, 2
S 1
IWS 1. Architecture of Ancient dwelling. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 1, 2.
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (plan and section)
L 3, 4
S 2
IWS 2.Dwelling and palaces of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 3, 4
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (facades)
L 5, 6
S 3
IWS 3.Dwelling and palaces of Ancient Greece. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 5, 6
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 2 (plan and section)
L 7, 8
S 4
IWS 4.Dwelling and palaces in Ancient Rome. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 7, 8
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 2 (facades)
L 9, 10
S 5
IWS 5.Dwelling and palaces in Byzantine and Romanesque architecture, Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 9, 10
Office hours. Drawing of architectural monument # 3 (plan and section)
L 11, 12
S 6
IWS 6.Dwelling and palaces in Medieval Europe and Muslim countries. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 11, 12
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 3 (facades)
L 13, 14
S 7
IWS 7.Dwelling and palaces in Indian architecture. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 13, 14
Office hours. Drawing of architectural monument # 4 (plan and section)
L 15, 16
S 8
IWS 8.Dwelling and palaces of Maya and Incas architecture. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 15, 16
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 4 (facades)
Module II
L 17, 18
S 9
IWS 9. Traditional dwelling and palaces of Ancient and Medieval China. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 17
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (plan and section)
L 19, 20
S 10
IWS 10.Traditional dwelling and palaces of Ancient and Medieval Japan. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 18
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 3 (facades)
L 21, 22
S 11
IWS 11.Traditional dwelling and palaces of Ancient and Medieval Japan. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 18
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (plan and section)
L 23, 24
S 12
IWS 12.Renaissance dwelling and palaces of Medieval Europe. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 19, 20
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 3 (facades)
L 25, 26
S 13
IWS 13.Traditional dwelling and palaces of Europe in XVII. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 21, 22
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (plan, section and facade)
L 26, 27
S 14
IWS 14.Traditional dwelling and palaces of Ancient and Medieval Russia. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 26, 27
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 3 (plan and section)
L 28, 29
S 15
IWS 15.Traditional dwelling and palaces of Ancient and Medieval Central Asia. Verbal answers to the questions by Hand-out 28, 29
Office hours.Drawing of architectural monument # 1 (facades)
List of references
Basic
1. Fletcher B. History of Architecture. – NY, 2010.
2. Francis D.K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikram Prakash. A global history of architecture. 2nd edition. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2011.
3. Moffett M., Fazio M., Wodehouse L. A World history of Architecture. – 2003.
Additional
1. Curl, James Stevens, A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
2. Petersen, Andrew, Dictionary of Islamic architecture. London: Routledge, 1996.
3. Arnold, Dieter, The encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian architecture. London: I.B. Tauris, c2003.
4. Watkin, David, A history of Western architecture. 3rd ed. New York; London: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000.
5. Ross, L., Art and architecture of the world's religions. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press, 2009.