ARCH 425 - Meaning in Architectural Ornamentation

Institution:

Philadelphia University

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Description:

This elective course raises some theoretical questions that are relevant to contemporary practice. What is ornament? How and why have attitudes toward architectural ornamentation changed through history? Is ornament essential to architecture? Lectures will be presented following a reconstructed chronology of theoretical topics; from the things (res materialis) of which architecture consists; to the "rules" and "abusesof classical ornament; to the role of imitation; to the effects of the Industrial and Post-industrial Revolutions on theories of ornament. The relationship between the forms and the materials of ornament will be examined in lecture and group discussions. Prerequisite: AHIST- 306 or LARCH- 411

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.philau.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 951-2700

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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