MA英国乡村别墅1485-1945

本课程将是一个跨学科课程，使学生可以通过论文研究1485年至1945年之间英国乡村房屋的历史方面。将鼓励学生考虑建筑历史，艺术史和社会历史的相互关系。在乡间别墅发展成为政治强国的过程中，展示艺术品和手工艺的环境，自给自足的社区以及不断变化的世界中连续性和失败的象征。该计划首先概述了乡间别墅的建筑和社会历史，并研究了有关该主题的最新学术观点，包括最新的主题和基于时期的方法以及对从罗伯特·史密森（Robert Smythson）到埃德温爵士（Sir Edwin）的特定豪宅和个人建筑师的研究。卢滕斯。
This course is an interdisciplinary research programme enabling students to examine, by way of a dissertation, aspects of the history of the English country house. Students will be encouraged to consider the interrelation of architectural history, art history and social history in the evolution of the country house as a political powerhouse, a setting for the display of art and craftsmanship, a self-contained community and a symbol of continuity and loss in a changing world.<br>The MA is awarded solely on the basis of the dissertation, and the relationship between student and supervisor is at the heart of the course. However, a seminar programme which serves to complement the student's individual research will explore various themes in a series of meetings which will be addressed by some of the United Kingdom's most distinguished country house historians. These will be prefaced by a series of webinars introducing research techniques, with particular reference to the use of primary sources such as inventories, estate records and collections of private papers, an introduction to relevant library resources available in London and through the University of Buckingham's online subscriptions, and an introduction to the most recent academic approaches to the subject.