History of fortification, military arts and architecture [ LHART2400 ]
4.0 crédits ECTS
15.0 h
1q
This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...
| Teacher(s) |
Bragard Philippe ;
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| Language |
English
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Prerequisites |
None.
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| Main themes |
Basis of history of fortification, main principles of military architecture; specific themes : adaptation of castles to gunpowder, relationship between ramparts and town planning, theory of fortification, "plans en reliefs", technical history of artillery, bastioned walls in the Low Countries, etc.
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| Aims |
The student will have an information on historical fortification and military arts in general. He will be able to know the particular vocabulary, sould make a documentary research (specialised libraries and documentation centers) in this matter and will be competent to evaluate such an heritage connected with history of technology. He should prepare a file on this matter.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and
command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be
accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled
“Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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| Evaluation methods |
Oral examination and presentation of a personal work.
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| Teaching methods |
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| Content |
Courses based on ppt, visits of examples of architecture military, seminar in the National museum for art and History in Luxemburg, library on fortification (coll. Jordan).
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| Bibliography |
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| Other information |
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> ARKE
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