107-065 The Representation of Architecture

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Credit Points

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Coordinator

Prerequisites

Usually 37.5 points of art history at second/third year, see Prerequisites or admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in Art History.

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Subject Description

This subject deals with architecture as the subject of representations, with the main emphasis being on the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Issues central to the subject include the techniques painters, draftsmen, model makers and engravers have employed to represent buildings; the role of linear and other perspectives in the graphical representation of architecture; the ways in which architects have used representations as part of the design process; and critical techniques which have been developed to enable the non-professional to articulate his or her response to architecture. Students who successfully complete this subject should have an advanced understanding of certain themes in art and architectural history dealing with the representation of architecture.