Universität Wien

080076 UE On the Construction of Masculinity and Femininity by Reference to Selected Works of Art (2010W)

in Viennese Collections from Antiquity to the Baroque Period

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Erster Termin: 05.10.2010, Letzter Termin: 25.01.2011.
DI wtl. von 05.10.2010 bis 25.01.2011, 14.00-15.30
05.10.2010: Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
ab 12.10.2010 in Wiener Sammlungen: Kunsthistorisches Museum (Antikensammlung und Gemäldegalerie), Belvedere, Wien Museum

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course, which is designed as an exercise in front of originals, analyses the image of the male and the female in the history of art. Which are the artistic means to depict gender specifics? To which extent does the gender topic influence iconography and style? Special attention will be given to the image of the male and the female in antiquity as well as to its continuance in the art of the Middle Ages and modern times. The ideas underlying the depictions will be analysed by examining the works of art both in form and content. Which are the symbols that constitute masculinity and femininity? Which topics are especially popular at certain times? Tendencies both for aestheticizing and uglifying the male and the female as well as ambivalent representations will be discussed. In this course knowledge will be gained about the mentalities of different times towards questions of gender diversity from the variety of artistic expression.

Assessment and permitted materials

Each student chooses a topic for a presentation he gives in front of the original. Along with his presentation the student also prepares a handout. The presentations, handouts and contributions during the course will be considered for grading.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

It is the aim of this course to enhance the students' sensitivity for questions concerning the gender topic from the physical sensation of the originals. The students' ability for critical reasoning will be developed and they will be encouraged to identify traditional patterns of representation of the male and the female and to put them into an overall art-historical context. At the same time the students will be given the skills to carry out iconographic analyses independently. It is a special asset that the students make themselves familiar with the Viennese museum collections and gain the experience to move confidently in a museum. So the students learn to present a topic professionally in front of the original and in doing so build a bridge between the audience and the work of art.

Examination topics

All the topics will be dealt with in direct confrontation with the works of art in the museum where the respective subject areas are approached by presentations given by the students. The topics for the presentations are conceived in a way as to allow for a maximum amount of freedom for the students in handling the tasks. In many cases the students may even choose the works of art in front of which they would like to present their topics. The individual presentations are followed by group discussions which are considered to be especially important in this course. Thus the students exercise themselves in the art of discussion and develop a distinct awareness for the variety of points of view towards one and the same topic.

Reading list

Elfriede BAUM: Katalog des Museums Mittelalterlicher Österreichischer Kunst (in der Orangerie des Unteren Belvedere in Wien), Wien / München 1971 nebst Supplement 1981

Cäcilia BISCHOFF: Meisterwerke der Gemäldegalerie (Kurzführer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum. Band 5), Wien 2006

Manfred CLAUSS: Mithras. Kult und Mysterien, München 1990

Mechthild FEND / Marianne KOOS (Hg.): Männlichkeit im Blick. Visuelle Inszenierungen in der Kunst seit der Frühen Neuzeit (Literatur - Kultur - Geschlecht. Studien zur Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte. Große Reihe. Band 30), Köln / Weimar / Wien 2004

Hiltgart L. KELLER: Reclams Lexikon der Heiligen und der biblischen Gestalten. Legende und Darstellung in der bildenden Kunst, Stuttgart 6. Aufl. 1987

Wolfgang KOS (Hg.): 100 x Wien. Highlights aus dem Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Wien 2007

Manfred LURKER: Wörterbuch der Symbolik, Stuttgart 1991

Brigitte RIESE: SEEMANNs Lexikon der Ikonografie. Religiöse und profane Bildmotive, Leipzig 2007

Franziska SCHÖSZLER: Einführung in die Gender Studies (Akademie Studienbücher Literaturwissenschaft), Berlin 2008

Wilfried SEIPEL (Hg.): Meisterwerke der Antikensammlung (Kurzführer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum. Band 4), Wien 2005

Ders. (Hg.): Vom Mythos der Antike, Wien 2008 (Ausstellungskatalog des Kunsthistorischen Museums)

Edward TRIPP: Reclams Lexikon der antiken Mythologie, Stuttgart 6. Aufl. 1999

Robert WAISSENBERGER: Schausammlung. Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Wien 1984

Anja ZIMMERMANN (Hg.): Kunstgeschichte und Gender. Eine Einführung, Berlin 2006

Association in the course directory

F 160, F 250

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