Universität Wien

080023 UE Course: Reading Course: Methods of Art History - Focus on Modern and Contemporary Art (2024W)

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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.10. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 09.10. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 06.11. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 20.11. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 04.12. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 11.12. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27
  • Wednesday 22.01. 15:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 4 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte (1. Stock) UniCampus Hof 9 3F-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the reading course, we will not only read art history texts but also practice the "reading" artworks, images, and objects. Small writing tasks – postings on Moodle – are therefore part of the assessment. The selected texts will partly be canonical methodological texts of art history and partly – like Roland Barthes' Mythologies – come from other contexts. The focus is less on gaining an overview of a set of established methods and more on understanding what "method" actually means and how divergent methods can still be useful and necessary for the exploration and interpretation of the same subject. What distinguishes artworks as objects of research that their examination and questioning require such divergent methods? How are the ontological nature of the object and the methodological approach connected?

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation in the form of oral and written contributions is evaluated. In the present course: reading (the expected reading program is already on moodle); three short writing tasks - including reading the text results of the other participants; active participation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirement:
- Obligatory attendance. In the event of absence due to illness or exceptional family circumstances, written proof must be submitted.
- Reading of all obligatory texts and participation in the discussion.
- Fullfilment of writing tasks.
- For a positive completion of the course, all partial performances must be completed.

Grading scale:
1 (very good) 100-90 points; 2 (good) 89-81 points; 3 (satisfactory) 80-71 points; 4 (sufficient) 70-61 points; 5 (insufficient) 60-0 points

Examination topics

The examination material is the content of the course.
Literature is available via Moodle in the 'Lektüreordner'.

Reading list


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Last modified: We 20.11.2024 17:05