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Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture

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Quiz 11 on Buddhism: Out of India
Quiz 12 on chang’an
Quiz 13 on Rome
Quiz 17 on early islam: 800 CE
Quiz 18 on From Armenia to Borobudur
Quiz 19 on early hindu architecture
Quiz 2 on the Gravettians and the hunting tradition of the north
Quiz 20 on Southeast Asia and Angkor Wat
Quiz 21 on gothic architecture: cistercians & cathedrals
Quiz 22 on Late Medieval Europe: Renaissance in Perspective

Lecture Notes

1500 BCE: After the Cataclysm: Knossos and Karnak
500 BCE: Persia and Central Asia
800 BCE: Iron and the New World Order: Greeks, Etruscans, Assyrians
Buddhism: Out of India
Chang’an
Cities, gods and empires
Early Christian transitions
Early Hindu architecture
Early Islam: 800 CE
Fire, water and chariots

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Discussion section: buildings and representations in time
Discussion: first societies
Discussion: The MIT Chapel
Discussion: the plan of St. Gall
Discussion: the pyramids

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