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Architecture 170BA Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism: 1400-Present

University of alifornia! Ber"eley! S#rin$ %00&

Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty and Andrew M. Shanken

Office hours: !" #urster$ %hursdays &: "-': " and by a((ointmente-mail: kat)ames*berkeley.edu

Prof. Andrew ShankenOffice hours: !+ #urster$ %hursdays &: "-': " and by a((ointmente-mail: ashanken*berkeley.edu

,S s:yron ronston: bronston*berkeley.edu

Susanne Cowan susannecowan*yahoo.comSarah /o(e0: sll*berkeley.edu/auren M allas lmallas*earthlink.net

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,S office: #urster 2all$ 3oom 4. Course website: htt(:55www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu5courses5arch67"5

/ectures: %uesday5%hursday$ 6&: "-&:""$ (lus one 6-hour section meetin8 to be arran8ed.

%his course treats the history of architecture and urbanism from the 3enaissance to the (resent. Althou8hthe focus is on hi8h-style architecture in 9uro(e and the nited States$ attention will also be 8i;en to Asia$Africa$ /atin America$ and to ;ernacular architecture. Our aim is to e


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()*U+()2 ()A2+ 3S(iro Kostof$ A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals ?a;ailable at AS C bookstore on ancroft#ay@ (lus a reader.

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%he (ur(ose of this three-ste( eues of modern historical writin8. t will hel( to show you how historians arri;e at conclusions andhow they communicate their findin8s. On a more 8eneral le;el$ the (ro)ect will re>uire you to 8et to knowthe library system$ learn to track down s(ecific information$ and (ractice your writin8 skills. ou areeuirement.

. An analytical essay $ 6"-6& (a8es of te


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Sources need to be e;aluated. 2ow careful was the authorD #hat was the authorFs (oint of ;iewD 2ow dohis or her (re)udices and intended audience affect the usefulness of the work for your research (ro)ectD

After choosin8 a to(ic$ be8in to build a biblio8ra(hy of useful sources.

%he assi8nment should include a 6-& (a8e discussion of your research ob)ecti;e$ includin8 the buildin8?s@

you are studyin8$ the >uestions you are seekin8 to answer$ and the way you (lan to answer them. %hisshould be an o;er;iew of your (ro)ect$ showin8 where you are 8oin8 and how you (lan to 8et there.

=ollowin8 this discussion of your (ro)ect you should list the sources you will be usin8$ followin8 standard biblio8ra(hical form and describin8 in a few sentences how each source (ertains to your (ro)ect. At leastthree of your sources must be articles from scholarly )ournals. ou can locate them throu8h standardreferences such as the 2umanities inde


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