For several years, I have taught classes to the Life Long Learning Institutes in three local colleges.  Due to other conflicts, I will not be teaching in 2012.  Below is an outline of the classes that I have taught.

From Solomon to Gaudi: A History of European Church Architecture

This course traces the development of church architecture from Solomon’s Temple through the early Romanesque structures of the 4^th century, the Gothic Cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the Baroque Churches of the Italian Renaissance to the Spanish Modernisme of Gaudi.  The nine sessions will examine with lectures, slides, illustrations, models and elevations the 130 churches that the lecturer has visited in England, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Spain during the past seven years.

Course Outline

  Session I –The Early Christian Church

   Session II – The Advent of Romanesque Architecture

 Session III- Romanesque Church Continued

 Session IV- The advent of Gothic Style (French Churches part I)

Session V- French Gothic  part II

 Session VI- German  and Swiss Gothic, German castles

   Session VII – The Medieval  and Renaissance Churches in Italy

Session VIII – Italian Churches continued (Venice) and The Medieval Church in England

 Session IX – Moorish, Medieval and Renaissance Church in Spain

·         A Brief History of Spain

·         Moorish Architecture

·         Gothic Architecture in Spain

               ©Thomas Davies Clay 2008