William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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| author | Chewning, John Andrew |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/149832019-06-11T03:16:34Z William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 Beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 Chewning, John Andrew Henry A. Millon. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Architecture. Architecture -- Study and teaching -- United States. Architectural historians -- United States. Architecture -- Historiography. Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915. Schools of architecture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986. MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. Bibliography: leaves 482-490. William Robert Ware (1832- 1915) planned and directed the first collegiate program in architectural education i n the United States. He was educated in the liberal arts and civil engineering at Harvard University and received further training in architects' offices before entering into practice with Henry Van Brunt (1832-1903). In 1865 Ware was appointed to the newly established Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He remained on the faculty until 1881, when he was called to Columbia University to organize still another collegiate program in architecture. During 1866-67, Ware traveled in Europe, paying particular attention to the role of national schools and professional organizations in the teaching of architecture in Britain and France. Formal instruction in architecture at M.I.T. began in the fall of 1868. Ware devised a curriculum, which he adjusted throughout the 1870s, including drawing and design, architectural history, and construction and practice (i . e., building materials and components, specifications, and contracts). In the spring of 1872, he recruited Eugene Letang (1842-1892), an alumnus of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, to teach design. From this time on, the routine studio problems at M.I.T. began to emulate those of the Ecole, and the eclectic neoclassicism of the Beaux-Arts began to predominate in students' drawings. The Department of Architecture at M.I.T. in these earliest years functioned best in providing a one- or two-year course of special study for persons who were graduates of four-year colleges or who had some experience in architects' offices. It also served to prepare Americans for the formal or informal study they intended to pursue in Paris. Ware's department offered, in effect, a postgraduate program, a program in continuing education, and a preparatory program for advanced study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. By virtue of its location in cosmopolitan Boston, the M.I.T. Department of Architecture emerged in the 1870s as the preeminent American collegiate program, attracting more students from more diverse parts of the country than the other important early programs at Cornell University and the University of Illinois. Ware trained some 235 students at M.I.T., and many of them became the leaders in architecture and architectural education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. by John Andrew Chewning. Ph.D. 2008-05-19T16:54:07Z 2008-05-19T16:54:07Z 1986 1986 Thesis http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/14983 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14983 15045854 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/14983 http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 2 v. (ix, 490 leaves) application/pdf n-ya--- n-ua-m Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Architecture -- Study and teaching -- United States. Architectural historians -- United States. Architecture -- Historiography. Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915. Schools of architecture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. Chewning, John Andrew William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title | William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title_full | William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title_fullStr | William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title_full_unstemmed | William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title_short | William Robert Ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the United States, 1861-1881 |
| title_sort | william robert ware and the beginnings of architectural education in the united states 1861 1881 |
| topic | Architecture. Architecture -- Study and teaching -- United States. Architectural historians -- United States. Architecture -- Historiography. Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915. Schools of architecture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. |
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