HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTIONS

Course Code
40103
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
1st Semester
Course Category

Compulsory

Compulsory

Professor

Anastasia Georgiadi

Course Description

Introduction to the history of architecture. Brief reference to Egyptian Architecture and Architecture in West Asia until the 4th century BC. Architecture in Greece during prehistoric times (Minoan Crete, Mycenaean Greece) Architecture in Greece from the 6th century BC. to the 4th century BC. and in the Hellenistic period. Special purpose buildings in ancient Greek architecture. Roman Architecture. History of art in the architecture of the above periods.
Introduction to Christian Art and Architecture. Christian monuments until 312 AD Architecture from 312 AD until the time of Justinian. Architecture in the years of Justinian. Architecture in Byzantium. Romanesque Architecture, 11th and 12th Century in Western Europe. Gothic Architecture (generalities). Renaissance architecture (generalities), Baroque, Rococo in Italy and the rest of Europe. The return to Classicism (Neoclassicism in Europe). Architecture in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern movement of Architecture. History of art in the architecture of the above periods.