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\n\tThe five themes covered in the lecture series look at architecture in relation to, the body, spectacle, nature, technology and utopia. The lectures aim to understand intellectual, political, socio-cultural and aesthetic conditions of historical periods, and how differences in these conditions influenced architectural production. Although a wide range of material is covered for this survey course, the lectures will focus on the development of key architectural ideas through a detailed study of specific buildings and architects connected to particular historical milieu, for example, the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Enlightenment.
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\n\tReadings are pre-assigned to students based on five key themes related to the lectures: architecture and the body, architecture and spectacle, architecture and nature, architecture and technology, and architecture and utopia. The seminars expose students to the provisional and discursive nature of architectural knowledge. It emphasises the situated nature of historical knowledge and encourages students to independently engage questions, evidence and to understand the limits of historical explanation.
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