History and Theory of Architecture: 1600 to the Present

Enjoy your summer learning about the History and Theory of Architecture: 1600 to the Present!

During July and August, ARTH 1201 will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm in the Azrieli Pavilion.

This course introduces key monuments and themes of Western architecture from about 1600 to the present. This period witnessed great architectural innovation and variation, from the dynamism of Baroque to austere Neo-classicism, from the scholarly Neo-Gothic to the seemingly anti-historicist architecture of the Modern Movement. Beginning in the “early modern period,” this course examines how architects, patrons, and users responded to the conditions of modernity. Over the course of the term, we will investigate how religious, political, social, economic, and cultural events and ideas affected the production of architecture.