prerequisites: END 2413
A Survey of the built environment from the Middle Ages through the early twentieth century, stressing the integral nature of the built environment and the cultural milieu.  Buildings, urban patterns and ideas will be emphasized.  Examples will range from the recognized standards to the commonplace.

Eleanor F. Weinel, Associate Professor of Architecture
168 Gould Hall; 325-2276; eweinel@ou.edu
Office Hours:  MW 9:00-11:00; Tu 1:00-2:00 or by appointment

TEXTS

Required:  A History of Architecture: Rituals and Settings
  Spiro Kostof
  Oxford University Press, New York: 1995

Recommended:

 Understanding Architecture
 Leland M. Roth
 Icon Editions, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado: 1993

 A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
 Francis D. K. Ching
 Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York: 1995

 A Short Guide to Writing about Art
 Sylvan Barnet
 Scott, Foresman & Co., Glenview, Illinois: 1989

  10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper
  Roberta H. Markman, Peter T. Markman and Marie Wadddell
  Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Hauppauge, NY: 1994

SYLLABUS
 

Week 1 INTRODUCTORY
 Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapters 1 & 16 
 

January   11  Introduction
               13  Review 
               15  Edges of Medievalism: Premises & Principles

Week 2   EDGES OF MEDIEVALISM
               Reading Assigned: Text, Chapter 17
               Paper Assigned:  Description

January   18  Martin Luther King Holiday
                20  Examples (Chap.16 questions due)
                22  Discussion

Week 3   THE RENAISSANCE: IDEAL AND FAD
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 18

January    25 
                27
                29

Week 4   SPAIN AND THE NEW WORLD
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 19

February   1
                 3
                 5

Week 5   ISTANBUL AND VENICE
                Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 20

February   8 
                10
                12  DESCRIPTION DUE

Week 6   THE POPES AS PLANNERS: ROME
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 21 
               Paper Assigned: Comparison

February  15
                17
                19  FIRST EXAM

Week 7   ABSOLUTISM ANDS BOURGEOISIE: EUROPE 1600-1750
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 22

February  22
                24
                26

Week 8   ARCHITECTURE FOR A NEW WORLD
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 23

March       1 
                 3
                 5

Week 9   ARCHITECTURAL ART AND THE LANDSCAPE OF INDUSTRY
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 24

March      8
                10 
                12  COMPARISON DUE
                                                                                                                                       Week 10  SPRING BREAK (March 13-21)

Week 11  THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 25
               Paper Assigned:  Evaluation
 

March     22
               24
               26 SECOND EXAM
 

Week 12  VICTORIAN ENVIRONMENTS
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 26 

March     29
               31
April         2
 

Week 13  THE TRIALS OF MODERNISM
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 27

April        5
                7
                9  EVALUATION DUE
 

Week 14  ARCHITECTURE AND THE STATE: INTERWAR YEARS
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 28

April       12 
               14
               16

Week 15  THE ENDS OF MODERNISM
               Reading Assigned:  Text, Chapter 29

April       19
               21
               23

Week 16  DESIGNING THE FIN-DE-SIECLE

April       26
               28
               30 

May         5 FINAL EXAM  1:30-3:30 

EVALUATION

You will be evaluated in this course on the basis of your performance of the work of the course.

The work of the course includes:

Class Participation: including weekly question submissions and quizzes and exercises which may or may not be announced in advance of class (20% Assigned Reading
2 one hour exams and the final examination (40%)
3 Short papers(40%)
 

I assume you all to be mature adults of personal and scholarly integrity who are here to learn.  This means that you have a strong desire to do the work of the course to the best of your ability.  In turn, I have the responsibility to present the work of the course to you as clearly and sensibly as possible.  If, at ANY time, you do not understand what you are being asked to do or to know, please ask me to clarify the assignment.  While I always think I have defined the work in an unambiguous way, past experience has taught me that some of you will interpret what I have said differently from the way in which I intended. It as ALWAYS better to discover these differences before the work is complete than after.  Many of you will be reluctant to ask for further explanation in class.  Get over it.  I can GUARANTEE that at least one other person (usually more) has the same question and, rather than thinking you dumb, they will be extremely grateful that you asked.  I will certainly not think you dumb but rather an intelligent and conscientious student.  Or, at least, one with a reasonable concern for his or her grade. 

In this context, please remember that grades do not measure what you know or can do.  They measure what you know or can do in relation to what I think you should know or be able to do.  In this sense any grade is not an absolute but a communication between me and you.  When I evaluate your tests and papers, I do not take points off, I add them on.  It is important to me that you understand what the letter grades used in the course mean.

C  is the base-line grade.   On an objective, 100 point scale, it means that at least 70% of the information you have given is correct.  It means you have satisfied all the requirements in an acceptable manner. This is not bad work.  It is the basic expectation of the course.

B  indicates above average work (80-90%).  It means that you have shown qualities of thought and/or performance that exceed basic expectations.

A  indicates exceptional work  (90-100%).  It means that you have shown qualities of thought and/or performance that far exceed basic expectations.  (We do well to remember that there is relatively less exceptional work in the world.)

D  indicates below average work (60-70%).  This means that you have not satisfied all requirements in an acceptable manner.

F  indicates work well below average (less than 60%).  It means that you have failed to satisfy all the requirements in an acceptable manner.

If, at any time, you have questions about requirements, expectations or grades, please come and see me.  My office hours are set aside to answer your questions and to help you with your work as the assignments progress.  You will find that questions arise after you begin the writing assignments and, if this is not the night before the paper is due (a serious mistake, by the way), you will learn more and improve your performance if you discuss your concerns with me.  If you cannot come by during office hours, please contact me to make an appointment at another time.

If you have any disability which would prevent your satisfying the requirements of the course, please see me as soon as possible so that accommodation can be arranged.