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Fall 2017
May 19, 2024 |
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| HIAA 2440D - Architectural Reuse: The Appropriation of the Past |
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This seminar will consider the survival, revival and adaptive reuse of older objects, texts and built spaces in the visual and material culture of successor cultures. We will look critically at the literature on the archaeology of memory, "Renaissance and revival, spolia studies and adaptive reuse." The seminar will examine selected case studies, including the reuse of sculptural elements in the Arch of Constantine, the conversion of Pantheon into a church and Hagia Sophia into a mosque, appropriated elements in the Qutb mosque in Delhi and the adaptation of the Bankside Power Station as the Tate Gallery. Limited to 15.
1.000 Credit hours 1.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Primary Meeting History of Art and Architectur Department Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate |
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