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Alex Thomas Anderson
ARCH 350
Seattle Campus
Architectural history in the Western world from beginnings to AD 550.
Class description
This historical survey of ancient architecture draws examples from prehistory to the early Middle Ages, beginning with the first human dwellings and ending with the Byzantine churches of early Christiandom. The examples chosen for the course demonstrate how humans in ancient societies responded to environmental, social and spiritual conditions with unique and often enduring architectural solutions. The course provides the framework for students to take more narrowly focused courses in architectural history and theory later in their education. As the Architecture 350-351-352 sequence is required of undergraduates prior to admission to the junior year pre-professional architecture program, this course serves as one of the "portals" through which these students are evaluated prior to admission.
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