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READINGS: Required readings will be assigned from the following
books, which should be purchased if possible. The Goldberger book
is out of print and has been placed on reserve at Bailey Howe
Library.
1. Gelernter, Mark. A History of American Architecture. Buildings
in their Cultural and Technological Context.
2. McAlester, Virginia, and Lee McAlester. A Field Guild to American
Houses.
3. Goldberger, Paul. The Skyscraper.
SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS. Supplemental readings are not required but are offered as optional sources that provide greater depth regarding their respective topics and that served as key sources in the preparation of class lectures. Although the Summerson book is not required, it is an excellent reference work and inexpensive, too.
1. Jordy, William H. American Buildings and their Architects.
Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Century. Vol.
4. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1976.
2. Pierson, William H., Jr. American Buildings and their Architects.
The Colonial and Neo-Classical Styles. Vol. 1. Garden City, NY:
Anchor Books, 1976.
3. Pierson, William H., Jr. American Buildings and their Architects.
Technology and the Picturesque, the Corporate and Early Gothic
Styles. Vol. 2. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1976.
4. Summerson, Sir John. The Classical Language of Architecture.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1963.
RESERVE READINGS: All readings, required and supplemental, are on reserve at Bailey Howe Library.
INTRODUCTION: THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.
Class and Date
1. Tuesday, September 2nd: Introduction. A Thematic Approach to the Study of American Architectural History
2. Thursday, Sseptember 4th: Prehistoric, Ancient and Medieval America
Readings: Gelernter, Foreword, 1-34; McAlester, ix,
1-13, and 65-75.
Supplemental: Summerson, 1-56 and plates.
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY
IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY AMERICA
Class and Date
3. Tuesday, September 9th: Colonial England
4. Thursday, September 11th: Colonial Holland, Germany,
Sweden, France and Spain
Drawing Assignment Due
5. Tuesday, September 16th: Georgian - Early Period
6. Thursday, September 18th: Georgian Early and Late Periods
7. Tuesday, September 23rd: Georgian Late Period / Architectural Descriptions
Readings: Gelernter, 35-96; McAlester, 21-61 and 75-151.
Supplemental: Pierson, Vol. 1, 1-201
THE ROOTS OF CLASSICISM IN AMERICA AND THE
EMERGENCE OF AN ARCHITECTURE FOR A NEW REPUBLIC
Class and Date
8. Thursday, September 25th: Classicism: Traditional or Federal
9. Tuesday, September 30th: Classicism; Idealistic or Jeffersonian
10. Thursday, October 2nd 27th: Classicism: The Rational
Phase
11. Tuesday, October 7th: Classicism: Greek Revival - A
National Architectural Style
Writing Assignment One Due
Readings: Gelernter, 97-139; McAlester, 152-197
Supplemental: Pierson, Vol. 1, 205-460
ECCLESIOLOGISTS, ROMANTICISM, AND THE PICTURESQUE
Class and Date
12. Thursday, October 9th: Gothic Churches and the Ecclesiologists in America
13. Tuesday, October 14th: Gothic Revival and the Picturesque Villa and Cottage
14. Thursday, October 16th: Italian Villa and Italianate; Renaissance, Romanesque, and Egyptian Revivals; Octagon Mode
Readings: Gelernter, 139-165; McAlester, 197-237
Supplemental: Pierson, Vol. 2, 1-21, 91-455
15. Tuesday, October 21st: MID-TERM EXAMINATION
ECLECTIC EXUBERANCE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Class and Date
16. Thursday, October 23rd: The Battle of the Styles: Second Empire and High Victorian Gothic
17. Tuesday, October 28th: The Romanesque of Henry Hobson Richardson
18. Thursday, October 30th: Stick Style, Queen Anne, and late 19th Century Eclecticism
19. Tuesday, November 4th: The Shingle Style
Readings: Gelernter, 166-189; McAlester, 238-317
URBAN ORDER AMID THE RISE OF COMMERCE
Class and Date
19. Thursday, November 6th: Classicism Reconsidered:
Late 19th and Early 20th Century Classicism: The Ecole des Beaux
Arts and
Classical or Renaissance-Inspired Monumentality.
20. Tuesday, November 11th: Period Revivals: English, Dutch and Spanish Colonial; English Tudor; French and Italian Renaissance; Spanish Eclectic; and Mission.
21. Thursday, November 13th: Interludes and the Quest
for a New Tradition: Chatequesque; Late Gothic and Jacobean Revivals;
Eclecticism; and the buildings of Bertram G. Goodhue.
22. Tuesday, November 18th: Tall Buildings: The Chicago School
23. Thursday, November 20th: Tall Buildings: New York
and Corporate Urbanism
Readings: Gelernter, 190-214; McAlester, 318-385; Goldberger,
1-165
Supplemental: Jordy, Vol. 4, 1-177, and 314-374
24. Tuesday, November 25th: Thanksgiving Recess
25. Thursday, November 27th: Thanksgiving Recess
THE EMERGENCE OF MODERNISM
Class and Date
26. Tuesday, December 2nd: Arts and Crafts and the
American Bungalow
Writing Assignment Two Due
27. Thursday, December 4th: Art Deco and Streamlined Moderne
28. Tuesday, December 9th: The Prairie School According to Frank Lloyd Wright
29. Thursday, December 11th: International Style
Readings: Gelernter, 214-292;
Supplemental: Jordy, Vol. 4, 180-313
30. Thursday, December 18th: Final Exam 7:00 P.M.
COURSE INFORMATION
EXAMINATIONS. A mid-term examination and a final examination will be given during the semester. Both exams will consist of slide identifications and essay questions requiring comparative architectural analysis of buildings. Graduate students will be given an additional essay questions to meet college curriculum requirements. There will be no make-up exams unless a student presents a bona fide reason for missing the regularly scheduled exam.
CLASSICAL ORDERS ASSIGNMENT. Students will be asked to select any building on campus that employs a classical order (pedestal, column, and entablature) and sketch the specific details of that order, identifying the order and its various parts and moldings. The due date is marked on the syllabus. The images are taken from William Salmon's Palladio Londinensis (1734), on reserve at Bailey Howe Library. Please refer to that work if the written terms are not fully legible on your photocopy.
PAPERS. Two papers, each no more than 1000 words in length and based upon criteria distributed by the instructor, will be required. Papers must be typed and double-spaced and include illustrations. The first paper focuses on building descriptions, the second on architectural analysis. Due dates are marked on the syllabus. Illustrations are required and should be neatly mounted and clearly identified. Follow the format for footnotes and bibliography given in the Chicago Manual of Style. Grades will be lowered by one point for each twenty-four hour period that the paper is late.
GRADES. Grades will be based on the average of the two examinations and three assignments. Attendance and class participation are also considered. No additional work is assigned in order to raise a final grade.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. A bibliography of readings for further study on each of the lecture topics will also be distributed to students. This list should be considered as a beginning point for research concerning the topics identified and should be consulted during selection and preparation of the papers.
OFFICE HOURS. Office hours will be announced by the instructor, but if these hours are not convenient, a special appointment can be scheduled.
SLIDE IMAGES. Students may be asked to identify the buildings, dates of construction, and architects contained in the schedule of slides posted on the course web page. The address is www.uvm.edu/~rmccullo. A complete schedule of all slides presented during class periods will also be distributed in hard-copy form as a note-taking aid. However, only those images contained on the web page will be required material.
FIELD TRIP. A field trip to Rockingham and Bellows Falls, Vermont, and Harrisville, New Hampshire, the latter an early nineteenth century mill village, is scheduled for Saturday, October 4th. Attendance is voluntary but the trip is an enjoyable one if you are able to attend.
SUPPLEMENTAL CLASSES: Voluntary review classes or classes covering supplemental material may be scheduled on various evenings during the semester, provided at least six students can agree on a specific date and time, giving me at least a week's advance notice.