Military Architecture and Fortification (15th - 18th centuries)
Code
722061064
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História da Arte
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Maria Margarida Simões Tavares Conceição
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Understanding the basic body of knowledge about military architecture and fortification between the 15th and the 18th centuries.
b) Identifying the main works and protagonists encompassing the Early Modern architectural culture and reading the Portuguese features in the internacional context.
c) Managing concepts, methodological procedures and the knowledge on the prime sources for research in the specific field of military architecture and fortification.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
Early Modern military architecture and fortifications specificities.
The experimental fortification, the bastion and the Renaissance architectural culture.
Defensive systems between the 16th and 18th centuries: the main European cycles.
Military treatises and the national schools of military engineering.
Military design and cartography: built structures, cities and territories.
Bibliography
FARA, Amelio (1989). Il Sistema e la Città, Architettura Fortificata dell´Europa Moderna dai Tratati alle Realizzazioni, 1464 - 1794. Génova, Sagep Editrice.
MOREIRA, Rafael (1986). «Arquitectura Militar», História da Arte em Portugal, O Maneirismo, dir. Vítor Serrão. Lisboa: Publicações Alfa, vol. VII, pp. 137-152.
MOREIRA, Rafael (1986). «Do Rigor Teórico à Urgência Prática: A Arquitectura Militar», História da Arte em Portugal, O Limiar do Barroco, dir. Carlos Moura. Lisboa: Publicações Alfa, vol. VIII, pp. 67-86.
MOREIRA, Rafael, coord. (1989). História das Fortificações Portuguesas no Mundo. Lisboa: Edições Alfa.
POLLAK, Martha D. (2010). Cities at war in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
Lectures and case studies discussion in class. Study tours.
Evaluation method
Individual paper resulting from autonomous research. Text or other document review with oral presentation in class.