Medieval, Early Modern and Modern Art History

Bachelor Art History (635 [2] - Version 2011)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

BM 1 Introductory Course Art History (5 ECTS)

• EXAM COMM STEOP: Modulprüfung Propädeutikum
• 080117 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: General Introduction

BM 2 Introduction to Art History I (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung I
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

BM 3 Introduction to Art History II (5 ECTS)

• EXAM COMM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung II
• 080025 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture

Epochs (20 ECTS)

BM 4 Medieval Age I (from Late Antiquity through the Romanesque Period) (5 ECTS)

BM 5 Medieval Age II (Gothic and Late Gothic Periods) (5 ECTS)

BM 6 Renaissance and Baroque Periods (5 ECTS)

• 080047 VO Renaissance and Baroque

BM 7 Modern and Contemporary Periods (5 ECTS)

Case Studies (20 ECTS)

BM 8 Case Study I (10 ECTS)

• 080023 PS Case Study I: Late Medieval Sacred Space and the Reformation: - Tradition and Renewal in Sixteenth-Century Art
• 080036 PS Case Study I: Traditions of Palace Buildings in West Asia in Early Islamic Periods
• 080048 PS Case Study I: Adolf Loos - Architecture and Critique of Modern Zivilization
• 080078 PS Case Study: Icon: Then and Now
• 080087 PS Case Study I: Chinese Painting from its Beginnings to the 12th Century
• 080102 PS Case Study I: The "Bildarchiv" of Peter Paul Rubens

BM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)

• 080022 PS Case Study II/III: Country Houses. The Estates of the British Nobility
• 080030 PS Case Study: Rubens in Italy - Visits to the Viennese Collections and the Rubens Show in Vienna KHM
• 080062 PS Case Study II/III: Images of the Last Judgement until 1550
• 080066 PS Case Study: Focusing on Provenance: The History of the Picture Gallery of the Kunsthist.Museum Wien
• 080072 PS Case Study II/III: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) as an Art Critic
• 080074 PS Case Study: Museums. Utopian and Functional Architecture from 19th to the 21st Century
• 080105 PS Case Study II/III: The Islamic Dome in the Age of Michelangelo: - Architecture, Typology, and Aesthetic of Friday Mosques of the Middle and High Ottoman Periods

BM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)

• 080022 PS Case Study II/III: Country Houses. The Estates of the British Nobility
• 080030 PS Case Study: Rubens in Italy - Visits to the Viennese Collections and the Rubens Show in Vienna KHM
• 080062 PS Case Study II/III: Images of the Last Judgement until 1550
• 080066 PS Case Study: Focusing on Provenance: The History of the Picture Gallery of the Kunsthist.Museum Wien
• 080072 PS Case Study II/III: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) as an Art Critic
• 080074 PS Case Study: Museums. Utopian and Functional Architecture from 19th to the 21st Century
• 080105 PS Case Study II/III: The Islamic Dome in the Age of Michelangelo: - Architecture, Typology, and Aesthetic of Friday Mosques of the Middle and High Ottoman Periods

Special Topics (20 ECTS)

BM 11 Special Topics A (10 ECTS)

• 080008 VO Style. An Introduction to the Method of Formal Analysis
• 080017 VO The Design of Medieval Cities
• 080018 VO Rubens: Art and Diplomacy at the Courts of Europe
• 080028 VO From Amimetic Pictures to Abstract Art
• 080058 VO [ en ] The Global Museum

BM 12 Special Topics B (10 ECTS)

• 080029 VO Reading Traces - Architecture as "Medium": Material and Information
• 080065 UE Orientalism in Vienna - Franz Schmoranz jun.
• 080070 UE [ en ] Islamic and Global Perspectives on Early Medieval Art

In-Depth Studies (20 ECTS)

BM 13 Methods/Theories in Art History (5 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Introduction to Picture Theory

BM 14 Fields of Practice in Art History (5 ECTS)

• 080061 UE Medieval Polychrome Sculpture: History of its Reception
• 080065 UE Orientalism in Vienna - Franz Schmoranz jun.

BM 15 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)

• 080008 VO Style. An Introduction to the Method of Formal Analysis
• 080017 VO The Design of Medieval Cities
• 080018 VO Rubens: Art and Diplomacy at the Courts of Europe
• 080028 VO From Amimetic Pictures to Abstract Art
• 080029 VO Reading Traces - Architecture as "Medium": Material and Information
• 080058 VO [ en ] The Global Museum
• 080070 UE [ en ] Islamic and Global Perspectives on Early Medieval Art

Final Stage (25 ECTS)

BM 16 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)

• 080043 EX [ en ] Contemporary Art in Vienna
• 080053 EX Art in Vienna
• 080071 EX Viennese Art: Art in Vienna in the 18th Century
• 080079 EX Viennese Art

BM 17 Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis I (10 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Seminar: The Function of Doorways
• 080032 SE Seminar: Library Buildings from Antiquitiy to the Present
• 080035 SE Seminar: Art and Technology in Traditional China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Sacred Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation. - Is there a Confessional Directed Architecture?
• 080039 SE Seminar: Image and Projection
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: The Fate of National Culture: Art between Local and Global
• 080044 SE Seminar: Strategies of Avant-Gardes
• 080050 SE [ en ] Seminar: Brazil in Exhibition: 20th Century Art in Brazil as Viewed in Exhibitions
• 080051 SE Seminar: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 17th Century
• 080052 SE Seminar: Italian Sculpture at the Kunstkammer of the KHM
• 080055 SE Seminar: The Visual Arts in Vienna around 1800 - from Late Baroque to Early Biedermeier
• 080059 SE Seminar: Architecture of Post-War Modernism in Vienna
• 080067 SE Seminar: On Trial: The Role of Building Typology in Byzantine Architecture
• 080083 SE Seminar: The Architecture of Hermann Czech
• 080086 SE Seminar: Style & Mode in the Visual Arts from the Late Antique Time through the High Medieval Period
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rubens and the Art of Sculpture
• 080098 SE Seminar: Medieval Churches in Southern Tyrol
• 080159 SE Seminar: Visier, Disegno or even a Model? How to present the Architecture

BM 18 Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis II (10 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Seminar: The Function of Doorways
• 080032 SE Seminar: Library Buildings from Antiquitiy to the Present
• 080035 SE Seminar: Art and Technology in Traditional China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Sacred Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation. - Is there a Confessional Directed Architecture?
• 080039 SE Seminar: Image and Projection
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: The Fate of National Culture: Art between Local and Global
• 080044 SE Seminar: Strategies of Avant-Gardes
• 080050 SE [ en ] Seminar: Brazil in Exhibition: 20th Century Art in Brazil as Viewed in Exhibitions
• 080051 SE Seminar: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 17th Century
• 080052 SE Seminar: Italian Sculpture at the Kunstkammer of the KHM
• 080055 SE Seminar: The Visual Arts in Vienna around 1800 - from Late Baroque to Early Biedermeier
• 080059 SE Seminar: Architecture of Post-War Modernism in Vienna
• 080067 SE Seminar: On Trial: The Role of Building Typology in Byzantine Architecture
• 080083 SE Seminar: The Architecture of Hermann Czech
• 080086 SE Seminar: Style & Mode in the Visual Arts from the Late Antique Time through the High Medieval Period
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rubens and the Art of Sculpture
• 080098 SE Seminar: Medieval Churches in Southern Tyrol
• 080159 SE Seminar: Visier, Disegno or even a Model? How to present the Architecture

Master Art History (835)

M 1: Specialisation I (20 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Seminar: The Function of Doorways
• 080032 SE Seminar: Library Buildings from Antiquitiy to the Present
• 080035 SE Seminar: Art and Technology in Traditional China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Sacred Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation. - Is there a Confessional Directed Architecture?
• 080039 SE Seminar: Image and Projection
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: The Fate of National Culture: Art between Local and Global
• 080044 SE Seminar: Strategies of Avant-Gardes
• 080050 SE [ en ] Seminar: Brazil in Exhibition: 20th Century Art in Brazil as Viewed in Exhibitions
• 080051 SE Seminar: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 17th Century
• 080052 SE Seminar: Italian Sculpture at the Kunstkammer of the KHM
• 080055 SE Seminar: The Visual Arts in Vienna around 1800 - from Late Baroque to Early Biedermeier
• 080059 SE Seminar: Architecture of Post-War Modernism in Vienna
• 080067 SE Seminar: On Trial: The Role of Building Typology in Byzantine Architecture
• 080083 SE Seminar: The Architecture of Hermann Czech
• 080086 SE Seminar: Style & Mode in the Visual Arts from the Late Antique Time through the High Medieval Period
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rubens and the Art of Sculpture
• 080098 SE Seminar: Medieval Churches in Southern Tyrol
• 080159 SE Seminar: Visier, Disegno or even a Model? How to present the Architecture

M 2: Specialisation II (10 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Seminar: The Function of Doorways
• 080032 SE Seminar: Library Buildings from Antiquitiy to the Present
• 080035 SE Seminar: Art and Technology in Traditional China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Sacred Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation. - Is there a Confessional Directed Architecture?
• 080039 SE Seminar: Image and Projection
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: The Fate of National Culture: Art between Local and Global
• 080044 SE Seminar: Strategies of Avant-Gardes
• 080050 SE [ en ] Seminar: Brazil in Exhibition: 20th Century Art in Brazil as Viewed in Exhibitions
• 080051 SE Seminar: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 17th Century
• 080052 SE Seminar: Italian Sculpture at the Kunstkammer of the KHM
• 080055 SE Seminar: The Visual Arts in Vienna around 1800 - from Late Baroque to Early Biedermeier
• 080059 SE Seminar: Architecture of Post-War Modernism in Vienna
• 080067 SE Seminar: On Trial: The Role of Building Typology in Byzantine Architecture
• 080083 SE Seminar: The Architecture of Hermann Czech
• 080086 SE Seminar: Style & Mode in the Visual Arts from the Late Antique Time through the High Medieval Period
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rubens and the Art of Sculpture
• 080098 SE Seminar: Medieval Churches in Southern Tyrol
• 080159 SE Seminar: Visier, Disegno or even a Model? How to present the Architecture

M 3: Excursion within Austria (5 ECTS)

• 080081 EX Excursion: Salzburg

M 4: Excursion Abroad (10 ECTS)

• 080020 EX Field Trip: London and Paris
• 080054 EX Field trip: Venice

M 5: Master-Preparation-Tool (5 ECTS)

• 080031 SE Research Seminar
• 080037 SE Research Seminar
• 080042 SE Research Seminar
• 080046 SE Research Seminar
• 080049 SE Research Seminar
• 080056 SE Research Seminar
• 080057 SE Research Seminar
• 080064 SE Research Seminar
• 080068 SE Research Seminar
• 080073 SE Research Seminar
• 080076 SE Research Seminar
• 080080 SE Research Seminar
• 080082 SE Research Seminar
• 080084 SE Research Seminar
• 080089 SE Research Seminar
• 080095 SE Research Seminar
• 080103 SE Research Seminar
• 080122 SE [ en ] Research Seminar

M 6: Fields of Practice in Art History (5 ECTS)

• 080061 UE Medieval Polychrome Sculpture: History of its Reception
• 080065 UE Orientalism in Vienna - Franz Schmoranz jun.

M 7: Method/Theory (5 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Introduction to Picture Theory

M 8: Specialisation Art History (15 ECTS)

• 080008 VO Style. An Introduction to the Method of Formal Analysis
• 080017 VO The Design of Medieval Cities
• 080018 VO Rubens: Art and Diplomacy at the Courts of Europe
• 080028 VO From Amimetic Pictures to Abstract Art
• 080029 VO Reading Traces - Architecture as "Medium": Material and Information
• 080045 UE Raphael's Design Processes - From Drawing to Final Work
• 080058 VO [ en ] The Global Museum
• 080061 UE Medieval Polychrome Sculpture: History of its Reception
• 080070 UE [ en ] Islamic and Global Perspectives on Early Medieval Art

M 9: Individual Focus (15 ECTS)

• 080008 VO Style. An Introduction to the Method of Formal Analysis
• 080017 VO The Design of Medieval Cities
• 080018 VO Rubens: Art and Diplomacy at the Courts of Europe
• 080028 VO From Amimetic Pictures to Abstract Art
• 080029 VO Reading Traces - Architecture as "Medium": Material and Information
• 080058 VO [ en ] The Global Museum
• 080070 UE [ en ] Islamic and Global Perspectives on Early Medieval Art

M 11: Research Seminar (5 ECTS)

• 080031 SE Research Seminar
• 080037 SE Research Seminar
• 080042 SE Research Seminar
• 080046 SE Research Seminar
• 080049 SE Research Seminar
• 080056 SE Research Seminar
• 080057 SE Research Seminar
• 080064 SE Research Seminar
• 080068 SE Research Seminar
• 080073 SE Research Seminar
• 080076 SE Research Seminar
• 080080 SE Research Seminar
• 080082 SE Research Seminar
• 080084 SE Research Seminar
• 080089 SE Research Seminar
• 080095 SE Research Seminar
• 080103 SE Research Seminar
• 080122 SE [ en ] Research Seminar

Information on Complementary Courses from Other Departments

• 010078 VO [ en ] Religion in the Ancient Greek World
• 010087 EX Religion in Vienna
• 010098 SE The Bible Inspiring Art
• 010099 UE Archaeological Drawing
• 020046 VO-L Cultural History of Christianity - Christians in the Holy Land
• 060037 KU Describing and identifying numismatic items of medieval and modern times
• 060039 KU Introduction into Medieval and Modern Numismatics
• 070001 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Analyse bildlicher und dinglicher Quellen und Musealisierung
• 070147 VO History of Church Administration and Canon Law
• 070154 VO Numismatics
• 070159 VO Medieval Austrian Constitutional History and History of Administration
• 070196 VO Modern Austrian Constitutional History and History of Administration
• 140225 UE Introduction to Classical Chinese
• 240039 SE SE Topics of Gender Studies - 'Männlichkeit' als intersektionales Konstrukt
• 240040 SE [ en ] Schwerpunktthema II / Critical Media Analysis - Talking It Over: Gender(s) in Dialogue/Dialogues on Gender - Poststructuralist & Postmodernist Perspectives in Theory, Literature and Film
• 240042 PS Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung - prüfungsimmament (4 ECTS) - Gewalt im öffentlichen Raum - Street Harassment und gesellschaftliche Machtverhältnisse
• 240043 PS Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung - prüfungsimmament (4 ECTS) - Desire abseits der Norm. Konstruktionen von Fetisch aus gender_queerer Perspektive

Extension Curriculum Art History - Basics in Art History (084)

Compulsory Module KG Basis (15 ECTS)

• 080025 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture
• 080047 VO Renaissance and Baroque
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

Extension Curriculum Art History - Focus in Art History (085)

Compulsory Module KG Aufbau (15 ECTS)

• 080008 VO Style. An Introduction to the Method of Formal Analysis
• 080017 VO The Design of Medieval Cities
• 080018 VO Rubens: Art and Diplomacy at the Courts of Europe
• 080028 VO From Amimetic Pictures to Abstract Art
• 080029 VO Reading Traces - Architecture as "Medium": Material and Information
• 080058 VO [ en ] The Global Museum