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We can read a city in a number of ways: in its plan, in the buildings that make its streets and public spaces, in the skyline. The aim of this architectural course is make you will learn how to “read” Rome, an ancient city, reborn in the fifteenth century and reshaped substantially in the following three centuries.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
Certification
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Course Credit: University of Notre Dame
Course Curriculum
| Professor's Weekly Updates | |||
| Week 1 Video Update | 00:10:00 | ||
| Week 2 Video Update | 00:10:00 | ||
| Week 3 Video Update | 00:11:00 | ||
| Unit 1: About This Course | |||
| Course Introduction video | 00:03:00 | ||
| Course Tour Video Part 1 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Course Tour Video Part 2 | 00:08:00 | ||
| Course Tour Video Part 3 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Watching edX Videos | 00:02:00 | ||
| Unit 2: Course Primer | |||
| Course Primer Introduction video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Timeline Help Video (transcript pending) | 00:06:00 | ||
| Classical Orders Part 1 video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Classical Orders Part 2 video | 00:05:00 | ||
| Classical Orders Part 3 video | 00:09:00 | ||
| Unit 3: Reading Cities | |||
| Reading Cities Introduction video | 00:01:00 | ||
| The Florence Skyline video | 00:05:00 | ||
| Florence Part 1 video | 00:11:00 | ||
| Reading Florence Part 2 video | 00:05:00 | ||
| Streets and Squares Part 1 video | 00:06:00 | ||
| Streets and Squares Part 2 video | 00:10:00 | ||
| Unit 4: The City and Memory | |||
| The City and Memory Introduction video | 00:03:00 | ||
| Classical Memory Technique video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Memory Theater video | 00:02:00 | ||
| The History of the Campidoglio: Before Michelangelo video | 00:10:00 | ||
| The Palazzo dei Senatorio video | 00:07:00 | ||
| Basilicas and Michelangelo video | 00:10:00 | ||
| Michelangelo’s Order video | 00:05:00 | ||
| The Relationship Between Buildings and the Spaces Around Them video | 00:05:00 | ||
| Janiculum Hill and Its History video | 00:08:00 | ||
| Bramante and the Tempietto video | 00:15:00 | ||
| The Tempietto and Its Materials video | 00:12:00 | ||
| Relationships Across Time video | 00:04:00 | ||
| Unit 5: The City and Reliquary | |||
| A Modern City’s Reliquary video | 00:03:00 | ||
| Axis Mundi video | 00:05:00 | ||
| More on the Axis Mundi video | 00:01:00 | ||
| The Gesù video | 00:05:00 | ||
| The Rise of Christianity in Rome video | 00:17:00 | ||
| The Lateran and Saint Peter’s Church video | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Christian Basilica video | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Pont Sant’Angelo video | 00:09:00 | ||
| The Castel Sant’Angelo video | 00:04:00 | ||
| The Piazza and Church of Saint Peter’s video | 00:09:00 | ||
| The Relationship Between Processions and Urban Fabric video | 00:08:00 | ||
| Unit 6: The City and Theater | |||
| Introduction to The City as Theater video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Piazza del Popolo video | 00:12:00 | ||
| Introduction to the Possesso Route video | 00:07:00 | ||
| A Fork in the Via de Papalis video | 00:09:00 | ||
| The Piazza dell’Orologio Part 1 video | 00:09:00 | ||
| The Piazza dell’Orologio Part 2 video | 00:02:00 | ||
| Piazza of Santa Maria della Pace video | 00:07:00 | ||
| Another Fork in the Via de Papalis video | 00:06:00 | ||
| Sant’Andrea della Valle video | 00:06:00 | ||
| The Via del Sudario video | 00:07:00 | ||
| Back to the Gesù video | 00:03:00 | ||
| Ascending to the Campidoglio video | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unit 7: Course Conclusion | |||
| Concluding Lecture Part 1 video | 00:05:00 | ||
| Concluding Lecture Part 2 video | 00:07:00 | ||
| Concluding Lecture Part 3 video | 00:06:00 | ||
| Concluding Lecture Part 4 video | 00:07:00 | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
| Certification | 00:00:00 | ||
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