Renaissance to Modern Architecture

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This course is an introduction to the history of architecture, primarily in Europe and North America, but also in Asia and South America, from approximately 1400 to the present. Selected architects, structural ideas, buildings, and urban developments will be emphasized. Architecture will be considered within the contexts of religion, politics, philosophy, economics, gender, society, technology, engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning and interior design. This course has no prerequisite and is intended for both students of architecture/art and students unfamiliar with the field.