Course Details

History of Architecture 1

Academic Year 2023/24

BGA014 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-APS Summer Semester 1st year

Introduction to the history of architecture, significant for the further development of European art of construction, the Pre-historic Age, the ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Egea and Etruria, the ancient Greece and Rome, construction techniques, styles, construction types.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D.

Institute

Link

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

The course does not connect with any preceding discipline. The information acquired in the typological courses may be made use of partially. The prerequisite to mastering this course is the general knowledge of culture and history at the secondary school level.

Aims

Knowledge of the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the ancient Greece, the ancient Rome.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. knowledge of the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Near East, the ancient Greece, the ancient Rome.

Basic Literature

HARARI, Yuval Noah. Sapiens. Stručné dějiny lidstva. 3. vyd. Voznice: Leda, 2018. 518 s. ISBN: 978-80-7335-569-2.
KOCH, Wilfried. Evropská architektura: encyklopedie evropské architektury od antiky po současnost. Praha: Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, 2012. ISBN 978-80-242-3657-5.

Recommended Reading

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BOUZEK, Jan. Vznik Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2013. 359 s. ISBN: 978-80-7387-670-8.
CASSON, Hugh. Dějiny architektury. Praha: Odeon, 1993. ISBN 80-207-0185-0.
FRANKFORT, Henri – MATTHEWS, Donald, ed. and Michael ROAF ed. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (TheYale University PressPelicanHistoryof Art) 5th Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-300-06470-5.
SYROVÝ, Bohuslav. Architektura – svědectví dob: přehled vývoje stavitelství a architektury. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1987.
VLČEK, Pavel. Dějiny architektury pravěku a starověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2005. 208 s. ISBN: 80-01-03187-X.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, megaliths
2. The ancient Egypt – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
3. The ancient Egypt – temple architecture, the cult of the deceased
4. The ancient Egypt – residences of sovereigns and serfs
5. The ancient Mesopotamia – Sumer, Akkad, Babylon
6. The ancient architecture of Palestine, Phoenicia, Asia Minor and Persia
7. Egea region and Etruria – starting point of the ancient architecture
8. The ancient Greece – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
9. The ancient Greece – temple, agora, propylaca, residential house
10. The ancient Greece – theatre, gymnasion, stadium, hipodrome
11. The ancient Rome – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
12. The ancient Rome – temple, basilica, forum, triumphal arch, palace, villa, residential House
13. The ancient Rome – theatre, amphitheatre, thermae, market halls, technical structures

Prerequisites

The course does not connect with any preceding discipline. The information acquired in the typological courses may be made use of partially. The prerequisite to mastering this course is the general knowledge of culture and history at the secondary school level.

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/273543

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the history of architecture, the Pre-historic Age, megaliths
2. The ancient Egypt – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
3. The ancient Egypt – temple architecture, the cult of the deceased
4. The ancient Egypt – residences of sovereigns and serfs
5. The ancient Mesopotamia – Sumer, Akkad, Babylon
6. The ancient architecture of Palestine, Phoenicia, Asia Minor and Persia
7. Egea region and Etruria – starting point of the ancient architecture
8. The ancient Greece – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
9. The ancient Greece – temple, agora, propylaca, residential house
10. The ancient Greece – theatre, gymnasion, stadium, hipodrome
11. The ancient Rome – cultural and social background, construction technique, set of architectural elements
12. The ancient Rome – temple, basilica, forum, triumphal arch, palace, villa, residential House
13. The ancient Rome – theatre, amphitheatre, thermae, market halls, technical structures