The architectural heritage of Kosovo, the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and Albania
Elective Seminary Paper Topics:
1. Antique Via Egnatia – most important connection between the Adriatic Sea and Constantinopolis
2. Roman city planning and town houses 2-4 c. AC in Ulpiana, Stobi and Heraclea Lyncestis
3. Early Christian architecture of the region – the basilicas of Ulpiana, Stobi and Heraclea Lyncestis
4. Iustinian II as emperor and reconstruction of the earthquake destroyed towns Ulpiana and Heraclea Lyncestis
5. Byzantine church architecture of the region, development and influences (9th-14th century)
6. Byzantine church architecture and fresco painting – compare Ohrid and Gracanica inbetween Tsar Samuel (Bulgarian) and Tsar Dusan (Ras-Serbian)
7. Voskopoje as cultural landscape – options and challenges
8. Legacy of the Ottoman Empire: Public and sacral monumental architecture (mosque-complexes and hammams)
9. Ottoman-Macedonian urban ensembles of the 18t and 19th century – between local artisanship and foreign cultural influences
10. Macedonian Vernacular and Tourism – “Macedonian Village” versus UNESCO World Heritage Site
11. Ethnographic or National Museums in historic residences – a critical observation (Ohrid, Korca, Prishtina)
12. Late 19th, early 20th century town houses between Ottoman and European influence: Korca and Tetovo
13. Konstantinovski and the Yale school of architecture: Skopje and Prishtina examples
14. Rehabilitation of historic bazar quarters: Skopje, Struga, Ohrid and Korca - sustainable concepts?
15. Sufism and the buildings of the Dervish orders on Balkans
Only together with Excursion in May 2018 (LVA 251.449) valid!
Date: May 8th till May 16th 2018
Costs: approximately 450 Euro
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