Welcome to French 325! This course is part of the study away curriculum in France. It is designed to present an understanding of French architectural monuments as the expression of the esthetic, religious, political, and cultural values of different historical eras shaped them. Paris and Versailles are a particular focus but other locations will be [...]
- Acquire a thorough knowledge of the architecture of France.
- Define and understand key architectural concepts.
- Place the development of the art form into a broad historical context: the history which explains and elucidates the monuments and structures discussed will be presented in lectures and readings before on-site visits.
- Provide sensitivity to [...]
1. Assigned readings from the required text and/or handouts to prepare for our meetings, discussions, and on-site visits
2. One weekly blog entry
3. Active and sustained participation all semester (we expect you to thoroughly prepare the readings so as to enthusiastically and insightfully contribute to discussion, asks frequent questions, and volunteer answers and opinions)
Each week, you will post, on the course blog, an entry related to the visits and discussions of the week. Your instructor will assign a topic which will be posted on the blog each Monday. Entries should be written in French and no less than 300 words each. Include images, photos, links, etc. in order [...]
Students will choose one specific structure within one style as a final project, and will work on a presentation detailing that structure: how it is typical of the style in which it was built, what makes it unique among examples of that style, how it influences later developments, etc. This presentation will:
- be presented [...]