Arc - Urb - Cost (Mag.)(ord. 270) - MI (1187) LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. LAND LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
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051412 - LANDSCAPE CULTURE AND HISTORY
Obiettivi dell'insegnamento
The course provides a basic knowledge in the field of the history and theory of landscape considering its most important protagonists, events and sites; texts, representations, and the reference to the places are part of a narrative oriented to provide a set of theoretical tools and references for the design activity..
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
- Basic knowledge in the field of the history and theory of landscape;
- essential knowledge concerning the history of landscape architecture and its most important protagonists;
- to be able to use a catalogue of forms in order to design landscapes.
Argomenti trattati
Programme of the two modules ('Landscape culture' and 'History of gardens and landscapes'):
I Why a Theory of Landscape really matters ?
Naming the Landscape; the words and their object
Landscape and (European) painting I
Landscape and (European) painting II
Landscape and Nature; A brief History of Nature
Landscape and the Subject; A brief History of Subjectivity
Landscape – an “Imperial” (Imperialistic) Category?
Landscape Beyond the Western Tradition
Aesthetics: a Modern Discipline
Aesthetics of the Sublime and Landscape Experienced
The Picturesque
Landscape and Time
Urban Landscape?
Synthesis
Another story: Landscape and Technology
II A succinct history of landscape architecture
Landscape architecture: does it really exist?
Another Revolution: Humphry Repton, 1789
F. L. Olmsted and the Rise of the Profession
Flash back: Petrarch, the first person to “landscape” a site?
Paris as a laboratory in the 19th century
Flash forward: From the Promenade plantée to the High Line Park
A Swiss Pioneer: Dieter Kienast
Scandinavian Minimalism: C. T. Sorensen
Japanese Transgressions: I. Noguchi, M. Shigemori
The Complicated History of German Landscape Architecture
Two essential figures on the edge: L. Barragan, R. Burle-Marx
The Persistence of Form: Dan Kiley
Some recent faux mountains
Synthesis
Prerequisiti
No
Modalità di valutazione
The evaluation will be based on a written document with illustrations on a topic that will be announced in class. The document is to be handed over before the end of the course (the submission date will be communicated during the course). There will be no oral exams. The marks will be communicated at the exam date.
Bibliografia
Jakob Michael, Il paesaggio, Editore: Il Mulino, Anno edizione: 2009, ISBN: 9788815130495
Roger Alain, Court traité du paysage, Editore: Gallimard, Anno edizione: 1997, ISBN: 207074938X
Simon Schama, Landscape and memory, Editore: Vintage Books, Anno edizione: 1995, ISBN: 0-679-73512-7
Forme didattiche
Tipo Forma Didattica
Ore di attività svolte in aula
(hh:mm)
Ore di studio autonome
(hh:mm)
Lezione
60:00
90:00
Esercitazione
20:00
30:00
Laboratorio Informatico
0:00
0:00
Laboratorio Sperimentale
0:00
0:00
Laboratorio Di Progetto
0:00
0:00
Totale
80:00
120:00
Informazioni in lingua inglese a supporto dell'internazionalizzazione
Insegnamento erogato in lingua
Inglese
Disponibilità di libri di testo/bibliografia in lingua inglese
Possibilità di sostenere l'esame in lingua inglese
Disponibilità di supporto didattico in lingua inglese
Inglese