MİM213

School of Architecture and Design \ Architecture

3

4

Compulsory

English

MİM 114

Architecture

The course is the third of required course series. An examination of motivations and influences shaping the architectural works of Early Christianity, Byzantine architecture, transformation of the cities and their arts from a Roman world to a Christian world with the new spiritual role of Christianity. Key concepts and developments in medieval architecture in Europe including Romanesque and Gothic styles. Those are followed with introduction of new era. Comprehensive knowledge of Renaissance art and architecture with the rise of Humanism, the Baroque art and architecture (with the Counter Reformation) in a critical and analytical outlook will be examined in this course.

• Ching, Francis, Mark M. Jarzombek & Vikramaditya Prakash. 2011. A Global History of Architecture. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
• Fazio, Michael W., Marian Moffett & Lawrance Wodehouse. 2009. World History of Architecture. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw Hill.
• Ingersoll, Richard and Spiro Kostof. 2013. World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History. Oxford University Press.
• Kostof, Spiro. 2010. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Krautheimer, Richard. 1965. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. Great Britain: Penguin Books.
• Kuban, Doğan. 2012. “Türkiye’de Hıristiyan Çağı Sanatı.” Çağlar Boyunca Türkiye Sanatının Anahatları. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, ss.54-88.
• Norberg-Schulz, Christian. 1980. Meaning in Western Architecture. Revised ed. London: Studio Vista Book.
• Ousterhout, Robert. 2008. Bizans'ın Yapı Ustaları. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları.
• Trachtenberg, M. & Hyman, Isabelle. Architecture from Prehistory to Postmodernity, second edition, Upper Saddle Rive, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
• Watkin, David. 1986. A History of Western Architecture. New York: Thames and Hudson.

MIM 213 course aims to understand the historical cultural accumulation that will contribute to the production of thought and building in the field of architecture. When the history of architecture is analyzed, it is seen that architecture is an ongoing process. Therefore, the way to understand today's built environment is possible by knowing the historical building production process well.

1. Systematic examination of the historical development of architecture to understand the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the architectural discipline. (Knowledge)
2. Comparing and understanding the developmental processes of architectural history chronologically, from the Early Christian period to the end of Baroque architecture. (Knowledge)
3. Analyzing and interpreting the multiple dynamics (contextual, structural, semantic, etc.) that shape architecture. (Skill)
4. Developing awareness of the built environment and cultural heritage. (Competency)

Week 1: First Meeting + Introduction of the Course
Week 2: Early Christianity ve Byzantine Architecture I
Week 3: Trip to İzmir and its surroundings
Week 4: Byzantine Architecture II, quiz 1
Week 5: Romanesque Architecture
Week 6: Gothic Architecture
Week 7: Gothic Architecture II, quiz 2
Week 8: Assignment I
Week 9: Renaissance Architecture I
Week 10: Renaissance Architecture II, Baroque Architecture I, quiz 3
Week 11: Baroque Architecture II
Week 12: Assignment II-III, Presentations, Discussion and Paper Submission

• Quiz (3) 22,5 %
• Assignment I %25 %
• Assignment II, presentation 25 %
• Assignment III, submission 20 %
• Participation, motivation 7,5 %