| Course Title: Architecture 1890-1990: 'Building the Modern Environment' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: An exploration of major movements and personalities in architecture from the late nineteenth century to the present. Emphasizing the United States against the background of European developments, the course considers the search by architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Frank Gehry, for a language of form and space that captures the contemporary spirit as it elevates society to a higher plane of existence. Discussion focuses on issues of technology and utopia, the skyscraper, and the collision of tradition, modernity, and postmodernism in architecture since 1945. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Michael Davis | mtdavis@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | ART - Art | 106B | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 29 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Modern Architecture since 1900 Author: Curtis, W.J.R. Copyright: Edition: 3rd Volume: ISBN: 9780714833569 Publisher: Phaidon |
Required | 39.95 |
| Title: Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780486244570 Publisher: Dover |
Required | 15.95 |
| Title: Toward an Architecture Author: Le Corbusier, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780892368228 Publisher: Francis Lincoln Limited |
Required | 24.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Book Shop |