Universität Wien

080025 EX Art in Vienna (2013S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Preliminary meeting on Wed. 13.03.2013, 3pm in Seminarraum 3
Course will be held on Thursday mornings from 11.04.2013

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Gothic Churches in Vienna: Architecture, Furnishings, Liturgy

As one of Europe's leading mercantile cities and an emerging centre of princely power, late medieval Vienna was the setting for an ambitious series of church building projects. This included the rebuilding of the main parish church and later cathedral of St Stephen, but also a range of other structures of considerable art historical interest - from further parish churches, such as St Michael's, to mendicant monastery churches and various chapels. A significant number of these buildings and parts of their furnishings are still preserved today.

The present excursion seeks to exploit this rich material through first-hand examination of the most important surviving monuments. These will be addressed, firstly, in terms of their construction, a process that depended on long-term collaboration between a changing group of patrons, architects, and artists. But the churches will also be addressed as functioning entities - as integrated art works that combined different artistic media, and as working institutions that accommodated the interests of various social groups. In this way, the enormous potential of these buildings as sources on medieval society will be made apparent.

Assessment and permitted materials

The performance of participants will be assessed on the basis of the presentations and contributions made to discussions throughout the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course offers participants the chance to become closely acquainted with some of Vienna's most important medieval monuments. Its emphasis is on ensembles of objects that are preserved in situ within an original architectural framework.

Examination topics

Meetings will take place at the monuments, where students will give presentations on certain aspects of the subject and then participate in discussions.
Presentations in English will be welcome.

Reading list

K. Albrecht-Weinberger (Hg.), St. Michael. Stadtpfarrkirche und Künstlerpfarre von Wien 1288-1988, Aus.-Kat. Wien 1988.
J. J. Böker, Architektur der Gotik, (Salzburg, 2005).
J. J. Böker, Der Wiener Stephansdom. Architektur als Sinnbild für das Haus Österreich, (Salzburg, 2007).
J. Bérenger, Die Geschichte des Habsburgerreiches: 1273 bis 1918, (Wien, 1995).
G. Brucher, Gotische Baukunst in Österreich, (Salzburg-Wien, 1990).
G. Brucher, (Hrg), Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich II. Gotik, (München-London-New York, 2000).
G. Buchinger, "Neue Erkenntnisse zur Baugeschichte der Wiener Hofburgkapelle", Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für vergleichende Kunstforschung in Wien, 62 (2010), 1–10.
G. Buchinger und D. Schön, "Zur zeitlichen Konkordanz von Weihe und Bauvollendung am Beispiel der Wiener Auggustinerkirche und Georgskapelle", RIHA Journal, 20 (2011), online: http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2011/2011-apr-jun/buchinger-schoen-wiener-augustinerkirche
W. Buchowiecki, Die gotischen Kirchen Österreichs, (Wien, 1952).
Dehio Handbücher: G. Buchinger (Hrg.) / BDA, Wien. I Bezirk – Innere Stadt (Wien, 2003)
P. Csendes et al, Wien: Geschichte einer Stadt. Von den Anfängen bis zur Ersten Wiener Türkenbelagerung (1529), (Wien, 2001).
R. Donin, Die Kirchen der Bettelorden in Österreich, (Baden bei Wien, 1935).
R. Donin et al, Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Wien. Zweiter Band: Gotik, (Wien, 1955).
E. Ennen, Die europäische Stadt des Mittelalters, (4. Auflage, Göttingen, 1987).
H. Fillitz, (Hrg), Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich I. Früh- und Hochmittelalter, (München-New York, 1998).
R. Feuchtmüller, Der Wiener Stephansdom, (Wien, 1978).
P. Moraw, Von offener Verfassung zu gestalteter Verdichtung. Das Reich im späten Mittelalter (Berlin, 1985).
D. Nicholas, The Later Medieval City, 1300 - 1500, (London, 1997).
N. Nussbaum, Deutsche Kirchenbaukunst der Gotik, (Köln, 1985; 2nd ed., Darmstadt, 1994)
F. Opll, Leben im mittelalterlichen Wien, (Wien, 1998).
M. Parucki, Die Wiener Minoritenkirche, (Wien-Köln-Weimar, 1995).
R. Perger und W. Brauneis, Die mittelalterlichen Kirchen und Klöster Wiens, (Wien, 1977).
R. Recht, Ausklang des Mittelalters, (München, 1989).
A. Rosenauer, ed., Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich. Band 3, Spätmittelalter und Renaissance, (München, 2003).
A. Sauter, Fürstliche Herrschaftsrepräsentation. Die Habsburger im 14. Jahrhundert, (Ostfildern, 2003).
H. Tietze, Geschichte und Beschreibung des St.-Stephans-Domes in Wien, Österreichische Kunsttopographie 23, (Wien, 1931).
R. Wagner-Rieger, Mittelalterliche Architektur in Österreich, (St. Pölten-Vienna, 1991).
M. Warnke, Spätmittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit 1400-1750, CH Beck Geschichte der deutschen Kunst (München, 1999)
M. Zykan, Der Stephansdom, (Vienna-Hamburg, 1981).

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