By acquiring knowledge and suitable methodological tools, it urges critical training on the structural hinges of the history of architecture to make sure that the students of each architectural work know how to belong to a precise historical-cultural context, environmental and landscaping, and also recognize its constructive, functional, formal and typological specificities.
Structured lectures through the projection of powerpoint and bibliographic supports; in situ visits of architectures representative of the chronological period examined.
The course traces the path of Western architecture from the ancient to the medieval times, not excluding the specificity of the Sicilian territory and its inhabited centers. In choosing the passages of the various historical epochs or, in a nutshell, the nodal structure of the political, economic, and social context that is the background of the architectural one, the choice falls on works which, by the quality of the design response, the complexity of the interwoven instruments linguistic, protagonist, pre-existence, functional program, are examples of links that link architecture to its urban, territorial and environmental sphere
1) L. Mumford, The city in history, New York 1961; ed. ital., La città nella storia, Bompiani, Milano 1967
2) H. H. Kubach, Architettura romanica, Electa, Milano 1972
3) C. Manco, Architettura bizantina, Electa, Milano 1974
4) L. Grodecki, Architettura gotica, Electa, Milano 1976
5) J. W. Perkins, Architettura romana, Electa, Milano 1979
6) R. Martin, Architettura greca, Electa, Milano 1980
7) R. De Fusco, Mille anni d’architettura in Europa, Laterza, Bari 1993
8) P. Gros, Architettura romana. Dagli inizi del III secolo a.C. alla fine dell’alto impero. I monumenti pubblici, Longanesi, Milano 2001
9) R. Bonelli, C. Bozzoni, V. Franchetti Pardo, Storia dell’architettura medievale, Laterza Roma 2002
10) A. Grohmann, La città medievale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2003
11) P. Morachiello, La città greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2003
12) P. Gros, La città romana, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004
13) C. Bozzoni, V. Franchetti Pardo, G. Ortolani, A. Viscogliosi, L’architettura del mondo antico, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006
14) E. Lippolis, M. Liviadotti, G. Rocco, Architettura greca : storia e monumenti del mondo della polis dalle origini al 5. Secolo, Mondadori, Milano 2007
15) P. Morachiello, V. Fontana, L’architettura del mondo romano, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009