MIT 632 - Historicism in architecture since the 18th century

Course Objectives

1. Understanding historicist approaches in architectural history;
2. Examining the concepts of old and new in architectural history;
3. Understanding the bases of historicist architecture in today’s architecture.

Course Description

The concept of historicism, The old-new relationship in architectural history, history in Early Modern ages architecture, Industrial Revolution and history, historicist attitudes in the 19th century architecture, the rejection of historic styles in the early 20th Century architecture, the relationship between Modern Architecture and history, post-modernist approaches, history in today’s architecture.