ARC3311H S
Instructor: Katie Jakobiec
Meeting Section: L9101
Synchronous
Thursday, 9:00AM - 12:00PM

This course examines the early modern villa and its landscapes, a type of dwelling situated outside the hustle and bustle of the city in Europe and beyond. We will consider the villa’s form and function, as well as the social contexts and pretexts that associated the villa with practical, moral, and healthful living, as well as shaped it into a mechanism for maintaining the hegemony of the landowning elites. Beginning with Italy (Tuscany, Rome, and the Veneto), we will consider the architecture and landscapes (i.e. gardens, farms) of the villa alongside diverse theoretical texts that disseminated visual and textual knowledge about the villa and its culture or “villegiatura.” We will shift to other parts of Europe and examine the ways in which the villa reflected the ‘common’ European interest in living all’antica, as well as the ‘local’ differences related to economic, political, ecological, and cultural factors. Finally, we will consider the role of the villa in colonial contexts.