METHODS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON ARCHITECTURE
cod. 1007423

Academic year 2022/23
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
- Silvia BERSELLI
Academic discipline
Storia dell'architettura (ICAR/18)
Field
"discipline storiche per l'architettura"
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ENGLISH

Integrated course unit module: METHODS OF RESEARCH ON HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Learning objectives

The module aims to offer critical and operational tools for archival and bibliographic research in the historical-architectural field.
The student will learn how to deal with the different types of documents; to distinguish primary and secondary sources, written, graphic and oral; to correctly compile a bibliography; to move autonomously in conducting preparatory research for the realization of an intellectual product or an architectural or urban project.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The primary objective of the module is to provide the basic archival and bibliographic tools for the analysis and understanding of historical documents and historiographical texts on architecture, a skill that requires multiple approaches and methods of differentiated analyzes, while always respecting the unity of history.

Full programme

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Bibliography

See bibliography of the main course

Teaching methods

Lectures with images and videos; exercises leading to thematic seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam on the whole program (lessons and bibliography), with possible request of elementary graphic examples and discussion about books and images.

Other information

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