History of Architecture and Decor 2: Renaissance to the 21st Century

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This course will cover the styles and movements of architecture, furniture and to a lesser degree, the decorative arts, from the Italian Renaissance to modern day architecture in the West as well as the major Chinese, Indian and Islamic periods in the East. Discussions will include the social, economic, religious and political history of each period in as much as it helps illuminate the reasoning behind the visual nature of its architecture.