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.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Knowledge
Syllabus
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
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
Forms and criteria of assessment
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
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