ASIAN ARCHITECTURE B: CHINA AND JAPANAvailable in odd years only.
12.5
Hugh O'Neill.
Second Semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Any level one fine arts/architectural history subject offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Architecture and Planning (or permission of the Head of Department).
Second Year and above
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
have developed an appreciation of the origins and currency of traditional architecture and art of societies of China and Japan, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
have developed a critical perspective of implications within the recent design and artistic production of these societies;
have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A historical study of selected aspects of the architecture and art traditions of the societies of China and Japan relating them to others in the Asian region. Particular emphasis will be given to developments since the nineteenth century under the impact of social, political and economic contacts with the cultures of Europe and America, and to their relation to contemporary art and architecture in Australia.
An essay, major study and class paper to the equivalent of not more than 7,500 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.
ASIAN ARCHITECTURE B: CHINA AND JAPANNot offered in 1996.
12. .5
Hugh O'Neill.
Second Semester, odd years only
Two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Any level one fine arts / architectural history subject offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Architecture and Planning (or permission of the Head of Department).
Second Year and above
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
have developed an appreciation of the origins and currency of traditional architecture and art of societies of China and Japan, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
have developed a critical perspective of implications within the recent design and artistic production of these societies;
have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A historical study of selected aspects of the architecture and art traditions of the societies of China and Japan relating them to others in the Asian region. Particular emphasis will be given to developments since the nineteenth century under the impact of social, political and economic contacts with the cultures of Europe and America, and to their relation to contemporary art and architecture in Australia.
An essay, major study and class paper to the equivalent of not more than 7,500 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.