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Academic Year 2000/2001
Great Monuments of Asian Architecture
ARHA 185 FA
This course aims to acquaint students with the methods of formal and historical analysis of works of architecture and, simultaneously, to introduce something of the variety and complexity of architectural traditions in
Asia. This is done through in-depth
examination of three key monuments, each exemplifying a distinct building tradition and posing a different set of theoretical and methodological problems.
MAJOR READINGS
Nelson Wu, CHINESE AND INDIAN ARCHITECTURE Richard Fox, URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY: CITIES IN THEIR CULTURAL SETTINGS Mircea Eliade, THE MYTH OF THE ETERNAL RETURN Dianna L. Eck, "The City as a Sacred Center" Jan Pieper,
"The Spatial Structure of
Suchindram" Arthur Wright, "The Cosmology of the Chinese City" Jeffrey F. Meyer, "Traditional Peking: the Architecture of conditional Power" John M. Fritz, "Vijayanagara: Authority and Meaning of a South Indian
Imperial Capital" George Coedes, ANG
KOR Hermann Kulke, THE DEVARAJA CULT
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Regular attendance and reading of all assigned materials. Participation in class discussions. Three short essays; midterm and final
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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