History of Ancient and Medieval Architecture promotes the study of ideas and their evolution to delineate architecture from pre history to the modern era, and encourages the cross-checking of knowledge from various scientific areas for the understanding of architectural interpretation and design through disassembly reference works both in the classroom and on site visits.
Programme
Architecture
Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS
| Semestral | 3
Year | Type of course unit | Language
1
|Mandatory
|Português
Code
ULP286-14438
Recommended complementary curricular units
N/A
Professional Internship
Não
Syllabus
1. Agrarian empires and agro-pastoral societies
1.1. Mesopotamia
1.1.1. The city and architecture in Sumeria and Babylon
1.1.2. Assyrian Empire: religious and palatial architecture
1.1.3. Persian Empire: the palace of Persepolis
1.2. Egypt
1.2.1. The cities of the living, of the dead and of the gods
1.2.2. Evolution of funerary architecture: mastaba, pyramid and hypogeum
1.2.3. The Temple: Space and Function
1.2.4. Urbanism, civil and military architecture
2. Cultures of the Aegean Sea
2.1. Civilizations: Cycladic, Cretan and Mycenaean
2.2. Architecture protogrega: palace, megaron and tholos
3. The Greek World
3.1. Polis
3.2. Architectural plasticity and architectural orders
3.3. Religious Architecture typologies
3.4. Sanctuaries: treasures, theaters and gates
3.5. Urban typologies and the Hellenistic world new buildings
4. Rome
4.1. The Greek and Etruscan heritage
4.2. The evolution of religious architecture
4.3. The Roman city. Public and military architecture
4.4. Civil architect
Objectives
Provide an integrated perspective of the major artistic achievements and/or architectural of the Ancient World and Classical Era;
Explain the process of civilization embodied in architectural and artistic works relevant to each of the civilizations in the study;
Identify key architectural typologies and solutions space;
Framing architectural experiences in the political, social and ideological of his time;
List the forms to the respective religious functions, civil and military;
Understand the evolution of architectural typologies throughout the study period;
Relate the architecture with the treatises;
Understand the importance of artists / craftsmen, artistic techniques and materials in the architecture of ancient civilizations.
Teaching methodologies and assessment
The contents of the program, are presented, through theoretical classes supported in audiovisual media that support the illustration of the subject and through the development of a practical work.
There are 2 assessment moments, a written exercise and an exercise in architectural analysis.
CRITERIA:
A1 - Program compliance/response to statements;
A2 - Scheduling compliance;
A3 - Assiduity;
A4 - Interest;
A5 - Participation;
A6 - Theoretical Capacity;
A7 - Creative Ability to Argument;
A8 - Ability to present written knowledge;
A9 - Ability to present orally, acquired knowledge;
A10 - Graphic presentation of the works;
A11 - Research Capacity;
A12 - Application in the classroom of knowledge acquired outside.
B - Written assessment.
C - Practical work.
The final assessment weighs 40% for group B and C criteria and 20% for group A criteria.
Two evaluation moments are foreseen: a written exercise and a research work with defense.
References
ARAÚJO, Luís Manuel de (dir. de)(2001), Dicionário do Antigo Egipto. Lisboa: Caminho.
BAINES, John, MÁLEK Jaromír (1991), Egipto. Deuses, Templos e Faraós. S/l.: Círculo de Leitores.
BEARD, Mary; HENDERSON, John (2001), Classical Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
BENEVOLO, Leonardo (1981), Deseño de la Ciudad El arte y la ciudad antigua. Barcelona: Gustavo Gilli.
