B.

ARCH L T P J C
HISTORY AND THEORY - ANCIENT
AR 3 0 0 4 4
Pre-Req: ARC 2001
Module Topics Hrs SLO
Objective
To develop skills of observation, critical appreciation, discussion
and writing, complementing the experience of buildings, precincts
and settlements across space and time. To appreciate the broad
changing complexities and aspirations (cultural, social, economic,
technological etc.) in society impacting architecture.
1 Introduction with theoritical framework : The nomadic people,
3
Early cultures, Neolithic, and rural settlements, agrarian.
2 Themes and variations - 3500-1500 BC River Valley Civilisations -
Indus Civilisation, Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Early Americas, 9
South India Sangam
3 1. 1000 BC - Muziris, Arikmedu, Sangam, Varanasi, Etruscan,
Greece, Babylon, New findings.
9
2. 500 BC to 0 BC - Alexander in India, Greece, Parthenon,
2,6 & 13
Rome, Buddhist, China. Themes etc.
4 1. 0 BC - Syncretic Indian cultures ( Buddhism, Sanskritic,
Jainism) Takshila, Rome Republic, Colloseum, Pompei, Great
Wall of China, Petra and Sanchi stupa.etc.
10
2. 200 AD - Roman Empire , Karli Chaitya Hall, Pantheon,
Hadrian's villa, China, etc.
3. Nazca and Teotihuacan
5 1. Early Basilica St Peters (330 AD) and Constantine,
2. Gupta period temples, Ajanta Caves, Kailashnath, 6
3. Japan Ise Shrine, etc.
6 Hagia Sophia, Ravenna, Byzantine: 3
7 Mahabalipuram, Elephanta, Nalanda University, 3
8 Interactions with architectural historians -
2
Total Hours 45
Outcomes: To understand an overview of architecture and its building types as
an integral evolution and emergence of social, cultural, economic, climatic and
ideational underpinnings.
To conceptually study evolution of building types and construction practices.
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Projects:
1. Draw and analyse the elements of a historic building and its spatial
organisation
References:
1. Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning, Leland M Roth,Craftsman,
House,2004
2. Indian Architecture (Islamic, Buddhist, period), Brown, Percy, DB Taraporevala Sons & Co,
Mumbai, 1983
 3. The History of Architecture in India from the Dawn of civilization to the End of the Raj,
ChristoperTadgell, Longmon Group U.K.Ltd., London, 1990.
4. INTACH Publications
5. Madras Craft Foundation Publications
6. Benevolo, The History of the City, MIT Press 2010 (reprint)
7. Bannister Fletcher, A History of Architecture, 20th Edition, Architectural Press, 2011(reprint)

Recommended by the board of studies: Yes / No on (Date)

Date of approval by the Academic Council: (Date)
Prepared by : Ar. Durganand Balsavar

June 2017 R2