Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE INTRODUCES TO THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK
ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF RELEVANT BUILDINGS. THE MONUMENTS
ARE ANALYZED IN THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AS WELL AS IN THEIR
TOPOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT: IN URBAN SPACES OR RURAL SHRINES. THE
STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF GREEK TEMPLES IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS. THE MATURITY OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE IS COMPARED
WITH THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE CULTURAL "GLOBALIZATION"
OF HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN AGES. THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL TYPES WILL BE
COMPARED WITH MONUMENTS OF LATER PERIODS WHICH WERE INSPIRED BY THE
PRESTIGE OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF ANCINET
ROMAN VILLAS IS ESSENTIAL IN THE UNDERSTANFING OF THE REBIRTH OF THE
RENAISSANCE VILLA, AS THE ANALYSIS OF MODERN OR EVEN CONTEMPORARY
BUILDINGS IS OFTEN ESSENTIAL FOR A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF FRAGMENTARY ROMAN
RUINS.