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If you have plans to visit the Old World any time soon, you should spend a few good minutes — make that hours — with The History of Architecture, a free course that recently debuted on YouTube. Taught by Jacqueline Gargus at Ohio State, the course features 39 video lectures that collectively offer a classic survey of Western architecture. We begin in Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, laying the conceptual foundations for what’s to come. Then we dive headlong into Islamic, Byzantine and Medieval architecture, before spending a good deal of time with Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo styles. Of course, we encounter many great landmarks along the way: the pyramids of Egypt, the temples of Ancient Greece, the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Chartres in France, Brunelleschi’s Duomo of Florence, and the list goes on. The course appears on YouTube. Find the lectures below.
The History of Architecture has been added to our collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. And if/when Prof. Gargus posts a sequel that gets us into modern times, we’ll be sure to let you know.
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I’m liking this lecture series. However, she does say, “you wont find mummies in Ireland because it’s too wet.” Ummm you can find mummies in Ireland. What they call accidental mummification. They are referred to as The Bog Bodies. But i guess this is an architectural series and not archeology.
I just started this course. When I went to get the Architectural Vocabulary, I got a message that iTunes can’t find it- it has been moved from its location. Can anyone help me with this? This seems like a key part of the course and it will take me a lot of effort to make my own.
Thanks
Lynn
I think she was referring to mummies as the kind you find in Egypt. Bog bodies are kind of different.
I am interested in architecture.
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this course also avalliable on youtube.
link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLOVNqqD-2HUsGTv_GQ3opJoPPjdM9S6
Want to learn new things about history.
To learn about history
As a seasoned architect and engineer I find this course concise, interesting with a great personal and didactic approach by prof. Jacqueline Gargus.