Course 2024-2025

Technology: archaeological furniture and visual arts [LARTB208]

  • 2 credits
  • 22.5h+7.5h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

• Understand the main structural issues of ancient architecture; • Learn to observe materials and techniques; • Understand the main processes of transformation and implementation of the material; • Understand the relationship between architecture and the natural resources of its environment

Content

The course covers the main techniques of structural and finishing work, from Antiquity to the end of the Ancien Régime.


Teaching methods

Alternating between ex cathedra courses, combining powerpoints and didactic material, and in situ courses. In both scenarios, theoretical lectures alternate with observation exercises on ancient materials and techniques.

Evaluations

The marking will be a weighted average of the result of the oral examination, held during the June session, and the result of the exercises.

Recommended readings

The teaching is based on a syllabus and a collection of texts.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté de philosophie et lettres
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree