AL 34401 - The British House, Town, and Country: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Architecture in Context

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Arts and Letters (Non-dept.)

Description:

This course will introduce students to the architecture and social life of British eighteenth- and nineteenth-century century domestic houses, great and small. We will examine the social and historical role of the house as a container of collections of art, and look at their interior, as well as exterior decoration. Reference will be made to those houses which may be visited by students, such as Sir John Vanbrugh's Blenheim Palace of 1705, and, near London, Lord Burlington's Chiswick House of 1727, or Robert Adam's Syon House (1760-9) and Osterley Park (1761-80). In London itself, we will look at Sir John Soane's House and Museum of 1812-3. The course will be taught in a series of slide lectures, followed up by study visits to at least two houses, for example, one by Adam in the environs of London, and one by Soane in the centre of London.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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