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History of Arts and Architecture (2): Islamic and Western Architecture

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge about the Islamic architectural styles and Western European architecture and develop the students’ ability to relate buildings design with history
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Life Below Water

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    The principles and development of the Islamic art and architecture in a chronological order in the Islamic world with special reference to Egypt. The concepts and architectural characteristics of Architecture in Western Europe from Romanesque architecture till the nineteenth century Neoclassical architecture. The impact of the different political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors on the architectural space and elements through different periods and typologies
  • Arabic Description

    The principles and development of the Islamic art and architecture in a chronological order in the Islamic world with special reference to Egypt. The concepts and architectural characteristics of Architecture in Western Europe from Romanesque architecture till the nineteenth century Neoclassical architecture. The impact of the different political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors on the architectural space and elements through different periods and typologies
  • Department
    Architecture Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Student Activities (40 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 20% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 0, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4
  • Essential books (text books):
  • - Fletcher, B., (2016), A history of Architecture on the Comparative Method, WENTWORTH Press.
  • - ABOUSEIF, Doris B(1992), Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction. - 2nd Ed.- Leiden: E.J. Brill..
  • Recommended books:
  • - Michell, George (1995), Architecture of the Islamic World - London: Thames & Hudson
  • - Watkin, David. (2005), A history of western architecture. Laurence King Publishing,
  • - Sutton, Ian. (1999), Western Architecture: from ancient Greece to the present. Thames & Hudson.
  • - Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett, Lawrence Wodehouse(2014), "A world History of Architecture", Laurence King Publishing, 3rd edition ISBN: 979-1-78067-111-6.
  • -Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett, Lawrence Wodehouse:(2022): ISE Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture (Paperback) McGraw-Hill Education, United States, ISBN 10: 1265219494ISBN 13: 9781265219499 - Fletcher, B., (2016), A history of Architecture on the Comparative Method, WENTWORTH Press.