ARCH721 PICTURING THE MODERN CITY:VISIONS,REPRESENT,IMAGINATION
| Course Code: | 1200721 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 3.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr. DAVIDE DERIU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Introduction to issues of vision and visuality; debate on ´ocularcentrism´and the ´hegemony of vision´; theories of urban representation; ´the city in the field of vision´; De Certeau´s dual model of the city (concept vs. texture); the panopticon and the panorama; theories of spectacle/surveillance and their relevance to the history of the modern city; visual arts and urban iconography; ´modernism in the streets´- the flaneur, the crowd and the shock of metropolitan life; historical development of urban photography, from topographic view-making to the urban snapshot; literary images and urban imaginations; montage techniques and the ´cinematic city´; aerial vision and the issue of urban legibility; psycho-geography and the ´situationist city´; the ´tourist gaze´, travel cultures and the modern cityscape.