Art History 353 - Architecture Represents

Beyond the building as we experience it firsthand, how we understand architecture is necessarily framed through the media by which we come to know it. This course introduces students to a history of architectural representation techniques (including orthographic drawing, model making, perspective drawing, photography, video, and text) and contextualizes these techniques within a broader framework of media theory with regards to how the built environment has been represented. We explore these techniques through making-based exercises; final projects for this class will take the form of a narrative "portrait" of a space on campus, using one or more of the techniques discussed in class.

This course is open to juniors and seniors; Prereq: 4 credits in Art History.