This course treats the historical development of aesthetic theories employed in the conception of architectural design through the course of Western civilization. It focuses on Vitruvius in antiquity, the re-writings of Vitruvius in the renaissance, and the key theorists - both moralists and rationalists - of the modern era (including Ruskin, Viollet le-Duc, Le Corbusier).
Writing Seminar required for the Architectural Studies (BA) major and the Architecture (BS) major