Architecture. The Art of Seeing. Second block

The first class in the course is devoted to the architecture of the Renaissance. Participants will find out about the old and the new in the designs of the time, as well as about the beginnings of architectural theory.

Elaborate, vibrant, and avoiding straight lines, baroque architecture was based on the same core principles as the architecture of the Renaissance. So what was different about them?

Find out about the architecture in the age where Classical antiquity not only came back into fashion, but actually became the most progressive style.

The class is devoted to the architecture of the nineteenth century: learn about new and extraordinary styles and structures that were brought on by Art Nouveau.

Participants will learn about the beginnings and specificity of modernist architecture.

European furniture of the 1920s and American skyscrapers of the same time had something in common and it was the style that existed at the intersection of old and modernist architecture.

The twentieth century brought with it new technology, materials, and architectural theories to match the changes in the social structure. Participants will look at whether the basics of architecture also changed.

The eighth class in the course looks at the style that opted for simpler, clearer lines, form, and technology.

Advanced technology has allowed humanity to build structures of utmost complexity, structures that would have seemed impossible to our ancestors.

How do different styles work together and make one city? How does architecture “live” in its environment?

Participants will use the knowledge they have acquired on the course during a tour of Gorky Park and see how different times and styles live on in the buildings that surround us.