Architecture of Revolutions -applications due date extended to 11/23/09
Study in Paris May 17 - 28, 2010.
For information, please contact Ginny Pellam-Montalbano at 443-9417 or gapellam@syr.edu
Applications are available online. New students should apply online under the "To Apply" section of our website. For program please select “SU world partners” and state that you are interested in the Paris program in the essay section along with answering the essay questions. Students who have participated on an SU Abroad program may complete a returning SU Abroad applicant application.
Course
"ARC 500.1/700.1: The Architecture of Revolutions" (1 credit*)
This survey of European architecture from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century probes the radical transformations ushered in architectural practice by the mid seventeenth-century “scientific revolution,” made apparent by the French Revolution, and systematized during the Industrial Revolution. Our study begins in Syracuse with the Architectural course- ARC 334/634 -Architecture of Revolution (3 credits). You will look at an analysis of the impact of the scientific method on the received body of rules derived from antiquity and codified during the Renaissance as “Vitruvianism”. It ends with the collapse of the classical tradition by the mid nineteenth century. This course sketches the consequences of these transformations on more recent architectural practice through the notions of style, functionalism, historicism, and rationalism. Discussion and analysis center on major architects, buildings, and architectural treatises, principally from France, England, and Germany but also other European countries.
A companion trip* to Paris will enable you to experience first-hand some buildings studied in class. Daily walking tours and museum visits will feature Claude Perrault’s East Façade of the Louvre (begun 1667, completed 1775); Claude-Nicolas Ledoux’s barrière d’Artois (1785) and the irregular garden at the Folie d’Artois (1770s; now parc Monceau); Jacques-Germain Soufflot’s church of Sainte-Geneviève (1755-80; now the Panthéon) and its neighbor, Henri Labrouste’s Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève (1839-50); examples of Revolutionary urban planning such as the rue des Colonnes (1793) and the later development of the rue de Rivoli and the commercial arcades; Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc’s “restauration” of the château de Pierrefonds (1858-85); and Charles Garnier’s Paris Opera (1860-75).
At the completion of the class, students will be familiar with the principal actors and important debates in European architectural theory between 1650 and 1850. They will also have examined the most significant buildings and unbuilt projects that paralleled these discussions.
Overseas companion class is limited to 15 students. This course is open to both Architecture and non-Architecture students who are junior standing and higher. Students must enroll in both the Syracuse and Paris portions of the course.
Faculty
Jean-François Bédard, Assistant Professor in Architectural History, specializes in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French architecture and decoration. Prior to coming to Syracuse, Professor Bédard taught courses on French art and architecture at the American University in Paris and at Columbia University Programs in Paris, where he led numerous walking tours. His forthcoming book, Decorative Games, discusses the impact of the social practices of court society on the designs of noble interiors in early eighteenth-century Paris.
Costs
Tuition for the course is covered as part of regular spring semester tuition as long as you do not exceed 19 total credits. The cost for the spring break portion of the course is approximately $2590, and includes round trip transportation from a NYC airport to Paris, housing, some group meals, metro pass, and entrance fees. It also includes all activities and services for which a separate fee is not charged. The final fee will be set once airfare and other expenses have been confirmed.
Application, Selection, & Payment Procedures
Students will be expected to submit the special application* and a $60 non-refundable application fee to SU Abroad by October 30, 2009. All applications will be reviewed by an admissions committee made up of Professor Bédard and a SU Abroad representative. Students will be notified of their acceptance by November 12. Upon acceptance, a $450 non-refundable deposit is required to confirm your participation in the program. This is due within 10 days. Final payment will be due December 11, 2009.