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Historia II
Escuela de Arquitectura, LCI Veritas
San José, Costa Rica
2023-2024
Second-year histoy unit
The course addressed the challenges inherent to the production of historical discourse within the context of contemporary art history and the canonical texts that have organized its study. Far from being conceived as a “general history of architecture” course, History II reflects on the limits and scope of studying Western history as a succession of “mega-periods” such as the “Middle Ages” and the “Modern Era.”
This unit proposed the study of Western architectural history from two fundamental dimensions: on the one hand, it focuses on iconography, primarily painting; on the other, it structures the study of architectural history through a general review of the organization of construction labor and a detailed examination of drawing techniques. The course thoroughly analyzes the systems of drawing used in art and architecture —including central perspective, parallel projection, demonstrative drawings, maps, axonometric drawings, oblique drawing, and military perspective— namely, perspective and anti-perspective —as manifestations of ideological and philosophical orientations that have informed contemporary understandings of the discipline of architecture.