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Academic Year 2002/2003

Chicago Architecture and Urbanism, 1880-1910
ARHA 345 FA
Crosslistings:
AMST 345
Clusters:

Urban Studies

This seminar focuses on the development of commercial and residential architecture in Chicago during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed on the emergence of a regional school of architecture in relation to inherited stylistic traditions, innovations in building technique and surrounding conditions of urbanization. The works of the major figures, Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, are considered for their theoretical origins and their contribution to later architecture in the 20th century.

MAJOR READINGS

William Jordy, AMERICAN BUILDINGS AND THEIR ARCHITECTS, VOLUME IV; PROGRESSIVE AND ACADEMIC IDEALS AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Daniel Bluestone, CONSTRUCTING CHICAGO
Henry Russell Hitchcock, IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS; THE BUILDINGS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1887-1941
Jospeh Siry, CARSON PIRIE SCOTT: LOUIS SULLIVAN AND THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT STORE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm examination, class presentations of research, final research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Preference for enrollment given to departmental majors in art history or studio art. Prior completion of ARHA246 and/or ARHA254 may be helpful, though these courses are not formal prerequisites.

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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