The object of the course is the achievement by the student of a good level of knowledge concerning the historical-critical understanding of the stylistic and constructive features of the architecture of every historical period, from Greek classicism to the twentieth century.

The course is articulated according to two guidelines: a methodological theoretical approach(ex cathedra lessons) and an application approach, carried out with practical exercises, related to reading through direct observation of some Urbino buildings. It is thus proposed to provide the tools necessary for a correct interpretation of the historical / constructive aspects of the architectural work as a whole and in the parts that make up it. In summary, the most important themes of architectural language in its constructive and expressive aspects (structure, metrology and proportionality analysis, morphology and syntax of architectural language) will be illustrated. A knowledge aimed at the correct application of conservation and restoration operations.

1. Introduction to the study of the history of architecture 

• Indications of method for proper historical research

2. Ancient wall structures 

• Megalithic structures; polygonal structures
• Greek structures in square stone. Cutting, machining, installation of blocks; transport and lifting.
• Roman wall structures: opus quadratum, opus caementicium, opus africanum,opus incertum, opus reticulatum, opus vittatum. Roman bricks, opus testaceum and opus mixtum.
• Metrology studies for the history of architecture

3.  Architectural orders 

• The language of architectural orders: morphology and syntax

4. Greek architecture  

• Birth and development of Greek city architecture
• Civil architecture

5. Roman architecture 

• The Republican period
• The Imperial period
• The reading of ancient structures

6. The late antique and early Christian architecture 

• Characteristics of constructive systems
• The first Constantinian basilicas

7.  Romanesque architecture 

• Characteristics of constructive systems
• The great abbeys

 8. The period of Gothic architecture 

• Characteristics of constructive systems
• Some examples in Italy and Europe

9. The architecture of the fifteenth century 

• The Renaissance: general characters
• The Humanistic Age and Renaissance of the Ancient: Filippo Brunelleschi

10.  The architecture of the sixteenth century 

• The main protagonists: Bramante, Michelangelo, Giulio Romano, Palladio, Vignola
• The Mannerism Era

 11. The architecture of the seventeenth century              

•  General Baroque characters
•  The protagonists:Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Pietro da Cortona

12. Neoclassicism  

• Cultural transformations: neoclassical architecture
• Neoclassicism in Italy

13. The 19th century in Europe  

• Iron architecture and new spatiality
• Neomedievalism and E. E. Viollet Le Duc figure
• English romanticism: W. Morris e J. Ruskin
• Art Nouveau
• Eclecticism

14. The 20th century 

• The myth of the prairie: Frank Lloyd Wright
• W. Gropius and the Bauhaus
• The modern movement
• Le Corbusier
• Mies van de Rohe
• Glauco Gresleri's civil and religious architecture in Italy

None

The student will be evaluated:

1) on the ability to be able to express a critical independent judgment based on sound scientific bases on the reading of the monuments

2) the ability to learn and understand the notions of the discipline of the history of architecture in order to make them part of their cultural baggage

3) the ability to collect, synthesize and interpret scientifically the collected data relating to the study of a monument

4) the communicative ability to express their thoughts with appropriate terminology

5 ) the ability to be able to graphically return a critical and direct reading of the monuments

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

During the course, the teaching material will be distributed electronically .  In addition, bibliographical references will be provided on the specific topics discussed for further details.

Along with the students, any visits to the Urbino monuments will be agreed to jointly verify the acquired knowledge.

The teaching material and the teacher's specific communications can be found, together with other support activities, within the Moodle platform> blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

The course is conducted through frontal lectures.

Classroom lectures will be conducted with the aid of Power Point images, available, together with other supporting material, on the Moodle> blended.uniurb.it platform

Innovative teaching methods

The course includes:

• lectures by the professor
• group or individual work with production of written assignments
• oral presentations of work
• participative lectures in which the work presented will be discussed

Attendance

In order to pass the examination, it is obligatory for each student to write a paper (in accordance with the editing rules given by the professor) on the historical-critical analysis of an architectural work, the choice of which will be agreed with the professor. In addition, the student must prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the topic of the paper for oral discussion (maximum length of presentation 15 minutes).
The paper and presentation must be submitted to the lecturer in digital format (.pdf and .doc) at least 10 days before the examination.

On the day of the examination, the student must hand in the paper on the day of the examination.

Class attendance is appreciated.

Course books

Reference texts:

D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1990 (o ed. successive), pp. 3 - 108; pp. 118 - 156; pp. 158 - 167; pp. 170 - 177; pp. 185 - 223; pp. 253 - 288; pp. 375 - 382; pp. 417 - 444; pp. 456 - 463; pp. 488 - 497; pp. 535 - 543; pp. 559 - 578; pp. 602 -609; pp. 620 - 625; pp. 661 - 669.

A. Cattaneo, Tutela, valorizzazione e manutenzione delle "città morte", Tab, Roma, 2020, pp. 192-215; 236-249; 262-302; 312-322; 339-363.

Deepening texts:

C. Bozzoni, V. Franchetti Pardo, G. Ortolani, A. Viscogliosi,, L’architettura del mondo antico, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2006.

A. Bruschi, G. Miarelli Mariani, Lineamenti di storia dell'architettura, Sovera, Roma, 8a edizione 2006.

K. Frampton, Storia dell'architettura moderna, Zanichelli, Bologna, 4a edizione, 2008, pp. 2 - 10; pp. 22 - 36; pp. 38 - 48; pp. 56 - 75; pp. 96 - 101; pp. 108 - 127; pp. 136 - 144; pp. 160 - 190; pp. 205 - 222; pp. 237 - 246; pp. 264 - 281.

P. Gros, L' architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a. C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milano, 2001.

Alessandra Muntoni, Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1997, 2013, 7a edizione.

Paolo Portoghesi, Dopo l’architettura moderna, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1980.

R. Wittkower, Principi architettonici nell’età dell’Umanesimo, introduzione di Richard Krautheimer, traduzione di Renato Pedio, Torino, Einaudi, 1964, 2007, 7a edizione (ed. originale: Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, The Warburg Institute, London, 1949).

Further bibliographical references, related to the various topics discussed, will be suggested in the course of the lectures.

Assessment

Verification of the results achieved by the students will be conducted at the end of the semester by means of an individual examination.
After the illustration of the paper, which will concern the historical-critical analysis of an architecture chosen by the student in agreement with the professor, there will be an interview on the topics covered in the lectures and in the basic bibliography.
The assessment criteria for the paper are: the ability to be able to apply a method to the study of architecture; the ability to be able to express a critical judgement. The paper will be assigned two thirds of the grade in thirtieths.
The assessment criteria for the oral discussion are: the level of knowledge of the topics covered; the degree of articulation of the answers. The oral discussion will be awarded one third of the evaluation in thirtieths.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Self-study

Attendance

Non-attending students must study individually on the reference texts with the addition of an additional text of their choice from those indicated by the professor.

In order to pass the examination, it is obligatory for each student to write a paper (in accordance with the editing rules given by the professor) on the historical-critical analysis of an architectural work, the choice of which will be agreed with the professor. In addition, the student must prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the topic of the paper for oral discussion (maximum length of presentation 15 minutes).
The paper and presentation must be submitted to the lecturer in digital format (.pdf and .doc) at least 10 days before the examination.

On the day of the examination, the student must hand in the paper on the day of the examination.

Course books

Reference texts:

D. Watkin, Storia dell'architettura occidentale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1990 (o ed. successive), pp. 3 - 108; pp. 118 - 156; pp. 158 - 167; pp. 170 - 177; pp. 185 - 223; pp. 253 - 288; pp. 375 - 382; pp. 417 - 444; pp. 456 - 463; pp. 488 - 497; pp. 535 - 543; pp. 559 - 578; pp. 602 -609; pp. 620 - 625; pp. 661 - 669.

A. Cattaneo, Tutela, valorizzazione e manutenzione delle "città morte", Tab, Roma, 2020, pp. 192-215; 236-249; 262-302; 312-322; 339-363.

K. Frampton, Storia dell'architettura moderna, Zanichelli, Bologna, 4a edizione, 2008, pp. 2 - 10; pp. 22 - 36; pp. 38 - 48; pp. 56 - 75; pp. 96 - 101; pp. 108 - 127; pp. 136 - 144; pp. 160 - 190; pp. 205 - 222; pp. 237 - 246; pp. 264 - 281.

Non-attending students, in addition to the obligatory texts listed above, are also required to study a text of their choice from among those listed below:

• C. Bozzoni, V. Franchetti Pardo, G. Ortolani, A. Viscogliosi,, L’architettura del mondo antico, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2006.
• A. Bruschi, G. Miarelli Mariani, Lineamenti di storia dell'architettura, Sovera, Roma, 8a edizione 2006.
• P. Gros, L' architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a. C. alla fine dell'alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milano, 2001.
• Alessandra Muntoni, Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1997, 2013, 7a edizione.
• Paolo Portoghesi, Dopo l’architettura moderna, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1980.
• R. Wittkower, Principi architettonici nell’età dell’Umanesimo, introduzione di Richard Krautheimer, traduzione di Renato Pedio, Torino, Einaudi, 1964, 2007, 7a edizione (ed. originale: Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, The Warburg Institute, London, 1949).

Assessment

Verification of the results achieved by the students will be conducted at the end of the semester by means of an individual examination.
After the illustration of the paper, which will concern the historical-critical analysis of an architecture chosen by the student in agreement with the professor, there will be an interview on the topics covered in the lectures and in the basic bibliography.
The assessment criteria for the paper are: the ability to be able to apply a method to the study of architecture; the ability to be able to express a critical judgement. The paper will be assigned two thirds of the grade in thirtieths.
The assessment criteria for the oral discussion are: the level of knowledge of the topics covered; the degree of articulation of the answers. The oral discussion will be awarded one third of the evaluation in thirtieths.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.