Please answer questions below:
When did the modern (pre-modern) model of history emerge? How did it differ from earlier concepts of history? Give example (s) of early modern historians.
Why did sociologist Margaret Crawford claime that as a profession, architects cannot be socially responsible?
Why did Augustine of Hippo believe that true architecture needs to be based on mathematics? Mention earlier sources of his philosophical position.
Explain various sources of Augustine attitude towards images and representations (as opposed to mathematics)
Explain why Andrea Palladio was interested in the housing typology such as “villa?” How his social interpretation of this typology coincided with his search for perfect geometry?
Discuss similarities and dissimilarities between Palladio’s, Le Corbusier’s, and Greg Lynn’s arguments in favor of mathematics as the foundation of architecture.
Why the Renaissance period is often characterized as “humanism?”
How does L. B. Alberti’s model of the architectural profession differ from medieval building practices?
Who do you think L. B. Alberti’s treatise was addressed to? What was his opinion of builders? How did Alberti’s concept of architectural practice affected architectural education?
What was the main subject matter of all Renaissance treatises? How their main argument was related to Plato’s theory of forms? Extra-credit (up to 5 points): How the Renaissance interpretation of Plato’s philosophy differ from similar influences during the Middle Ages?