Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
G S D 4 2 2 3 : B U IL D IN G S , T E X T S , & C O N T E X T S
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Note: This course assumes prior knowledge of the major architectural movements of the
20th century. For a general review of 20th century architecture see William Curtis,
Modern Architecture Since 1900; Alan Colquhoun, Modern Architecture; or Kenneth
Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History. These books are available on
reserve in Loeb Library.
S C H E D U L E O F R E A D IN G S A N D L E C T U R E T O P IC S
Aug 31
Course Introduction
1: MODERNISM AS EXPERTISE
Sep 5
Sep 7, 12
Sep 14 , 19
2: MODERNISM AS HISTORY
Sep 21 , 26
Riegl, Alois. "The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Character and Its
Origin." Oppositions, no. 25 (1982): 21-51.
Excerpts from Rossi, Aldo. The Architecture of the City. Cambridge: MIT
Press, 1982.
3: MODERNISM AS NATIONALISM
Oct 5, 12
Oct 10
Oct 17, 19
4: MODERNISM AS REALISM
Oct 24, 26
Nov 31 , 2
Georg Simmel, The Metropolis and Mental Life [1903] in Gary Bridge
and Sophie Watson, eds. The Blackwell City Reader. Oxford: WileyBlackwell, 2002.
5: MODERNISM AS COMMUNICATION
Nov 7, 9
Hermann Muthesius, Propositions; Henry Van de Velde, CounterPropositions; and Extracts from the Werkbund Debate in Documents:
A Collection of Source Material on the Modern Movement, Charlotte
Benton, ed. (The Open University Press)
Nov 14 , 16, 21
Barthes, Roland. The Rhetoric of the Image [1964] in Gray, Ann, and
Jim McGuigan, eds. Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader. London:
E. Arnold, 1993.
Venturi, Robert, and Denise Scott Brown. "A Significance for A&P
Parking Lots, or, Learning from Las Vegas." Architectural Forum 128, no.
2 (March, 1968): 36-43.
6: MODERNISM AS ENVIRONMENT
Nov 23
Nov 28
Dec 7
(no class)