Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

Villa Farnesina, a jewel of Renaissance architecture on the banks of the ... and immediately realised that another piece of the villa's 17th-century history had just been found.

the meaning of colonial architecture today, how economics influences art production, and the limits of historical periodization. At the end of the semester, they will have mastered technical ...