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Site, History, Type, and Allegory:
The Poetics and Rhetoric of the Classical Tradition in Rome
FIELD TRIP SKETCHBOOK ASSIGNMENTS
You are of course welcome to explore anything that interests you in your sketchbooks on our
field trips, but the following list is meant to provide an investigative datum upon which you
can build. I will therefore evaluate your sketchbooks first on the basis of the topics that
follow, then on the ones of your choosing.
Field Trip Analysis Topics:
Scenography in Bologna
Sanmichele’s Decorum and Syntax in Verona (City Gates and Palazzi)
Palladio’s Urban Approach in Vicenza
Palladio’s Churches: Theories of Composition
Sansovino’s Rhetoric in the Piazzetta di San Marco
The Palazzo and Its Transformations in Florence: Ruccelai, Strozzi, Medici, Giugni,
Nonfinito, etc.
The Piazza and Its Transformations in Florence: Ss. Annunziata, Sta. Croce, Uffizi
Sacred and Secular Public Space (inside and out) in Siena
SEMESTER GRADES
Class participation (preparation, discussion) 20%
Notebooks (investigation, curiosity, thoroughness) 30%
Project 50%
quality of drawing 15%
quality of information 35%
NAAB CRITERIA
1. ability: Speaking and Writing Skills
2. Ability: Critical Thinking Skills
3. Ability: Graphic Skills
4. Ability: Research Skills
5. Understanding: Formal Ordering Systems
6. ability: Fundamental Design Skills
8. Understanding: Western Traditions
10. Understanding: National and Regional Traditions
11. Ability: Use of Precedents
15. understanding: Sustainable Design
17. ability: Site Conditions
27. understanding: Client Role in Architecture