Methodological issues.
The Vitruvian triad; the spatial interpretation of architecture; the architecture and his urban or natural environment; architecture and construction; the relationship with the client; relations with the context and the preexisting structures.
Architecture in the Antiquity and in the Middle Ages:
- Notes on Mycenaean architecture; Greek architecture from the Archaic to the Hellenism; planning of the Greek cities. The palace of Knossos; Mycenae: the Lions’ Gate; the tholos of Agamemnon. The sanctuary of Delphi, the temples of Paestum and Segesta; Athens: the Acropolis, the theater of Dionysus; Bassae, the Temple of Apollo; Hellenistic centers:
Ephesus, Miletus.
- Roman architecture: building systems, building types, spatial conception; Vitruvius; The Classicism and the other influences.
Masonry and building techniques. Palestrina, Terracina, Cori. Pompeii. The Roman Forum and the Forum of Augustus; the Theatre of
Marcellus; The Colosseum; the Forum and the
Trajan's market; the Temple of Venus and
Rome, the Pantheon, Tivoli. Nimes, Trier, Baalbek. The Baths of Diocletian, the Basilica of Maxentius, Constantine's Arch, the Temple of Minerva Medica. The Diocletian Palace in Spalato.
- Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture.
The basilicas: the ancient S. Pietro; S. Sabina. : S. Costanza, S. Lorenzo in Milan, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, San Vitale in Ravenna. St. Sophia in Constantinople. The Catholic in
Stilo.
- Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
St. Thomas in Almenno, St. Ambrose in Milan;
Florence: San Miniato al Monte, Baptistery of St. John; the Abbey Church in Monte Cassino; S. Liberatore a Maiella; St. Nicholas in Bari; S: Marco in Venice.
Cistercian architecture: Fossanova, S. Maria Arabona. The Gothic in France: St. Denis, Chartres. The Gothic in Italy: the Duomo in Siena, S. Maria del Fiore, the Duomo in Milan.
Monastic architecture: Assisi, St. Francis;
Florence: Santa Maria Novella, Santa Croce.
Architecture in the Italian Quattrocento:
Brunelleschi: cupola di S. Maria del Fiore, Ospedale degli Innocenti, sacrestia e chiesa di S. Lorenzo, Cappella Pazzi, chiesa di S. Spirito.
Michelozzo: Palazzo Medici.
Alberti: Tempio Malatestiano, facciata di S. Maria Novella, Palazzo Rucellai, chiese di S. Sebastiano e di S. Andrea.
Bernardo Rossellino: Pienza.
Giuliano da Sangallo: S. Maria delle Carceri, Villa Medici a Poggio a Caiano, Palazzo Gondi.
Luciano Laurana: Urbino, Palazzo Ducale.
Francesco di Giorgio: Urbino, Palazzo Ducale; Cortona, S. Maria del Calcinaio.
Milano e Lombardia: Filarete; Amadeo, Cappella Colleoni a Bergamo; Bramante: S. Maria presso S. Satiro, S. Maria delle Grazie; studi architettonici di Leonardo.
Venezia: Mauro Codussi, S. Michele in Isola, Palazzo Lando, Palazzo Vendramin-Loredan.
Roma: Baccio Pontelli (attr.), Palazzo della Cancelleria.
