This the course investigates masterworks of Islamic and Christian architecture in the medieval age. A group of buildings selected as the foremost representative of
their age and architectural type are analyzed in terms of structural, formal
and stylistic aspects. Each week, a masterwork is studied through related scholarly
texts and instructor’s analysis by the use of PowerPoint presentation. The
course is designed for the third and fourth-year architecture students.
Students from other departments might be accepted to the course on condition
that they formerly attended art/architectural history survey courses and/or
guided art history tours.