ARPL 212 History of Architecture II
This course explores the history of world architecture from the early middle ages to the dawn of the modern era (mid-eighteenth century). Examples will be discussed with respect to aesthetic principles, symbolism and cultural meaning, site and urban design, spatial sequence, detailing, and construction and systems technology, and in the context of their behavioral, cultural, political, religious, ecological, and economic environments technology, and in the context of their behavioral, cultural, political, religious, ecological, and economic environments.