Universität Wien

080025 VO STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
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Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Lecturer: Dr. Gernot Mayer

Tutorium: Tobias Lindorfer (tobias.lindorfer@univie.ac.at)
The tutorial will take place every Tuesday from 11.03.2025, 08:30-09:30 (attention! 30mins earlier than originally scheduled) until 03.06.2025 in seminar room 1. We will always discuss the content of the previous unit and I will try to help you with questions and difficulties.

  • Tuesday 04.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 25.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 08.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 20.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 27.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Tuesday 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

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Aims, contents and method of the course

As part of the lecture, key technical terms from the field of architecture are taught using the example of major works of architectural history. The aim is to learn to describe buildings using the correct terminology and to gain a basic understanding of architecture.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination (multiple choice).
Permitted aids: Dictionaries, for people whose native language is not German.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For a positive grade, at least 50% of the points must be achieved in the written examination.

Examination topics

The examination material is the content of the course.

Reading list

Günther Binding, Architektonische Formenlehre, Darmstadt 2009
Leonhard Helten, Architektur. Eine Einführung, Berlin 2009
Michael Hesse, Handbuch der neuzeitlichen Architektur, Darmstadt 2012
Wolfgang Kemp, Architektur analysieren. Eine Einführung in acht Kapiteln, München 2009
Christoph Höcker, Metzler Lexikon antiker Architektur, Stuttgart 2008
Hans Koepf, Bildwörterbuch der Architektur, Stuttgart 2005
Wilfried Koch, Baustilkunde, Gütersloh 2009
Reclams Wörterbuch der Architektur, Stuttgart 2023 (25. Auflag)
Matthias Untermann, Handbuch der mittelalterlichen Architektur, Darmstadt 2009

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