LA249 History of the Built Environment 2: Renaissance to 1900
Study the architecture, landscape and urban design, and general aesthetic principles from 1400-1900 that created an intellectual foundation for 20th-century Modernism. Consider how and why historical styles and design principles borrowed from the past shaped the built environment and helped engineer progressive social change.
Prerequisite: LA 116 or LA 108 or LA 107 or AHS 116
Course Learning Outcomes
- Articulate the histories and theories of architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism, framed by diverse social, cultural, economic, national, and political forces
- Identify features of architecture, landscape, and urban design from 1400-1900 that express the cultural values, artistic attitudes, and technological conditions of the time
- Critically examine major architectural styles, artistic movements, and principles of landscape and urban design from the Renaissance to the turn of the twentieth century
- Research, recognize, and analyze relationships and patterns of influence amongst theorists, artists, architects, urban planners and landscape architects
- Explain and evaluate the role of precedents in the design of buildings, landscapes, and urban environments from 1400-1900
- Describe the progressive shift of western design from its classical roots
- Analyze built environments of the past to discover lessons students can apply to their own lives and creative work
NAAB Criteria
- This course addresses NAAB PC.4 History and Theory: How the program ensures that students understand the histories and theories of architecture and urbanism, framed by diverse social, cultural, economic, and political forces, nationally and globally.