Exploring digital and visual representation of landscapes, structures, environments, history, culture, architecture, events, and populations. Change over time, cultural heritage, possible futures, and alternate pasts… Read More »Visualizing Cities: Representing Urban Landscapes, Cultures, and Environments
Theory, practice, and creation of 3D virtual worlds. Hands-on design and development of online collaborative simulation environments. Introduction to graphics workflow for creating virtual world… Read More »Immersive Virtual Worlds
Surveys the history of pre-modern architecture, from prehistoric times to the French Revolution (1789). Introduces students to basic architectural vocabulary and visual analysis. as well… Read More »History of Pre-Modern Architecture
Venice was one of the wealthiest and most powerful states in the Early Modern world (1450-1600). A city whose curved urban form seemingly floated on… Read More »Visual Culture of Venice
The Digital Durham seminar is based on the idea that understanding the past is a civic virtue. The course fosters awareness of the complexity of… Read More »Digital Durham
Given the needs for labor, materials, and legal permissions, architects in the modern period by definition intersect with interests of power. This course explores the… Read More »Politics and Modern Architecture
Building Duke is a research seminar and laboratory on the architectural history of Duke Campus based on original archival materials (photos, blueprints, contracts, letters, and… Read More »Building Duke: An Architectural History of Duke Campus from 1924 to Today
Residents of Venice, both individually and collectively, fashioned an image of the city as unprecedented and exceptional, accomplishing this in great part through art and… Read More »Splendor of Renaissance Venice
Athens was one of the great cities of antiquity. As the place in which democracy, philosophy, and the theater were born, it is foundational for… Read More »The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Athens
This is a beginner/intermediate Geographic Information System (GIS) course designed to help students design maps and spatial diagrams of historical subjects. The class emphasizes perspectives,… Read More »Mapping History with GIS