MIM 222 - European Architecture

Course Objectives

1.To define the roots of contemporary architecture
2.To introduce the vocabulary of the forms of European architecture
3.To help the student to obtain a historical perspective in his approach to the architectural tasks

Course Description

Early Christian architecture, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture, the modern conditions in the genesis of the Renaissance, the shift from the regularity of the Renaissance to the subjectivity of Mannerism and its reasons, the complexity of architecture during the periods of Baroque and Rococo with total and multi-layered design ideas., together with the introduction of light and spatial effects in architecture, palatial architecture and urban design in these periods are examined.