| CODE | BST1002 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Baroque Architecture | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | History of Architecture | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: The objective of this study-unit is to provide course participants with a picture of architectural developments in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe, with a focus on Italy and the role of the Roman art school known as the Accademia di San Luca, described by Louis XIV of France as the fount and teacher of the many famous artists who have appeared in this century. Students will also be introduced to the four underlying principles of European Baroque architecture, namely the desire for spatial investigation, concentration on collective values, integration of all the arts, and communicative force. Method of Teaching: 14 seminars of 120 min each, backed by discussions and site visits. Reading List: - Rolf Toman, Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture and Painting. Cologne 1998. - R. Wittkower, Baroque Art and Architecture in Italy: Early, High and Late Baroque, Yale 1999. - D. De Lucca, Carapecchia: Master of Baroque Architecture in early eighteenth century Malta, Malta 1999. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claude Busuttil |
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