MIM 122 - ANCIENT AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE

Course Objectives

Course Objectives

Course Description

A survey of the Anatolian cultures from the prehistoric times to the end of the Byzantine Empire. Styles, their relations, influences and continuity in the Hittite, Urartian, Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine architectures. Examples of religious, representative and public buildings within the context of their social and cultural frame. Painting, sculpture and minor arts, their relations with architecture. Construction, plan types and architectural theories. Buildings of special importance in the process of architectural development.