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Статус: Курс по выбору (История художественной культуры и рынок искусства)

Направление: 50.04.03. История искусств

Кто читает: Школа исторических наук

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Гусева Анна Валентиновна, Казакова Ольга Владимировна

Прогр. обучения: История художественной культуры и рынок искусства

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 68

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Abstract

This course provides an introduction to the history of global architecture between 1900s and the present. The aim of the course is to illuminate the key trends and approaches that shaped contemporary architecture. Simultaneously the course will examine how architects and architectural historians and critics speaks about architecture. Besides the general outline the course will investigate the phenomenon of modernism in Soviet Union and Asia. This is a reading-intensive course, and students will be expected to do a significant amount of reading and revision of the critical material from different sources.

Learning Objectives

to provide students with an introduction to Modern architecture, its key trends and concepts
to provide students with experience of writing and analysing buildings and architectural theory
to provide a critical overview of the major architectural movements
to give a historical and cultural context that influenced modern architecture
to develop a critical knowledge of problems faced by architects in the 20th century

Expected Learning Outcomes

to begin to recognize architectural movements and styles
to recognize the major building types and construction types
to develop persuasive verbal analysis
to develop research skills through the original investigation
to become aware of material and visual qualities of the building

Course Contents

Introduction to the modern architecture
Periodization of the modern architectural history. Problems that faced by architects in the 20th century. Researchers and architectural theory. Architectural schools. Review of the historiography.
Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
Terminology. Architecture in Europe, Americas and Russia. Architecture and politics. Architecture and economics. International exhibitions and architecture of the pavilions. Architectural journals. Urban planning and architecture in the USSR.
Post-war modern architecture: 1945-1980s
Post-war reconstruction of the cities and development of the urban planning theory. Architects and housing problem. International style in Europe and US. Soviet modernism and its heritage. Reaction to modernist 'ideology'. Post-modernism and its manifests and leaders.
Modern architecture in India, China and Japan
Architectural schools and agenda in Asian region. Colonial and postcolonial historical and cultural context and architectural design and studies. Leading schools and architectures in the post-war Asian architecture.
Contemporary architecture
Contemporary architectural theory and practice. Architectural prizes and biennales. Ecological agenda and architecture. Social agenda and architecture.

Assessment Elements

Homework
Homework could include readings and tasks on writing
Presentation
In a form of short presentation in-class (15 minutes) and followed discussion
Written assignment
Submitted in doc, pdf or ppt file format.

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (4 module)
0.2 * Homework + 0.5 * Presentation + 0.3 * Written assignment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Collins, P. (1998). Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950. Montreal, Que: MQUP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=403914
Colquhoun, A. (2002). Modern Architecture. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=493720
Peter Scriver, & Amit Srivastava. (2015). India : Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books.
Иконников, А. В. Архитектура XX века. Утопии и реальность. Издание в двух томах Том II [Электронный ресурс] / А. В. Иконников; Под ред. А. Д. Кудрявцевой. - М.: Прогресс-Традиция, 2002. - 672 с.: 1225 ил. - ISBN 5-89826-130-3. - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/453257
Иконников, А. В. Архитектура XX века. Утопии и реальность. Издание в двух томах. Том I [Электронный ресурс] / А. В. Иконников. - М.: Прогресс-Традиция, 2001. - 656 с.: 1055 ил. - ISBN 5-89826-096-Х. - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/453255

Recommended Additional Bibliography

1000 years of world architecture, Prina, F., 2005
20th century pewter : art nouveau to modernism, Robinson, P. C., 2012
21st century London : the new architecture, Powell, K., 2011
A companion to Asian art and architecture, , 2011
A concise companion to modernism, , 2003
A history of western architecture, Watkin, D., 2005
A second modernism : MIT, architecture, and the 'techno-social' moment, , 2013
ADAM, R. (2020). TIME FOR ARCHITECTURE : On Modernity, Memory and Time in Architecture and Urban Design. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Art since 1900 : modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism, Foster, H., 2012
Ashby, C. (2017). Modernism in Scandinavia : Art, Architecture and Design. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1460060
Ashley Maher. (2020). Reconstructing Modernism : British Literature, Modern Architecture, and the State: Vol. First edition. OUP Oxford.
Ching, F. D. K., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2017). A Global History of Architecture (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1492721
Chŏng, I. (2013). Architecture and Urbanism in Modern Korea. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=750833
Contemporary architecture in China : towards a critical pragmatism, , 2018
Dutta, A. B. (2017). Architectural Voices of India : A Blend of Contemporary and Traditional Ethos. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Faroldi, E., & Vettori, M. P. (2018). History as a Design Element: Dialogue between Existing and Contemporary Architecture. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018.
Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt. (2019). Chinese Architecture : A History. Princeton University Press.
Penick, M., Doordan, D. P., Kulić, V., & Parker, T. (2014). Sanctioning Modernism : Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities: Vol. First edition. University of Texas Press.
Postmodernism : a very short introduction, Butler, C., 2002
Scriver, P., & Prakash, V. (2007). Colonial Modernities : Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon. Routledge.
Self, R. (2014). The Architecture of Art Museums : A Decade of Design: 2000 - 2010. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=760768
The reform of housing in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union / ed. by Bengt Turner . (1992). Routledge.
The sourcebook of contemporary architecture, Vidiella, A. S., 2007
Venugopal Maddipati. (2021). Gandhi and Architecture : A Time for Low-Cost Housing. Routledge India.
Wang, D. (2017). A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture : Past, Present, Future. Routledge.
Woods, M. N. (2017). Women Architects in India : Histories of Practice in Mumbai and Delhi. Routledge.

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