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

BM 2 Introduction to Art History I (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung I
• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung II
• 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)

BM 7 Modern and Contemporary Periods (5 ECTS)

• 080053 VO Art since 1750

Case Studies (20 ECTS)

BM 8 Case Study I (10 ECTS)

• 080027 PS Case Study I: St. Stephen's Cathedral and its Medieval Furnishing: - Development and Deployment of a Sacred Complex in Vienna
• 080029 PS Case Study I: Varvara Stepanova and Lyubov' Popova: - Painting, Constructivism and the Art of Production
• 080052 PS Case Study I: What is Modern Painting? Key Images from David to Picasso
• 080075 PS Case Study I: The Hindu Temple
• 080087 PS Case Study I: Art of the Song Dynasty
• 080102 PS Case Study I: Allegory. The Language of Images
• 080104 PS Case Study I: Architectural Photography in Vienna before 1918
• 080107 PS Case Study I: Edvard Munch

BM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)

• 080023 PS Case Study II/III: Art on the Line. The Royal Academy Exhibitions (1780-1836)
• 080032 PS Case Study: Pictorial Light and Light Effects from Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci
• 080047 PS Case Study II/III: The Queer Sixties: Andy Warhol and Pop
• 080066 PS Case Study: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt: Work and Impact
• 080071 PS Case Study II/III: Export Art of the Ming and Qing Period
• 080072 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: The Beginnings of Islamic Art: Themes and Problems
• 080085 PS Case Study II/III: Byzantine Art: Encounters at the Borders
• 080095 PS Case Study II/III: Representations of Architecture and Architectural Plans in the Middle Ages: - From the Simple Depiction to the Engineering Drawing
• 080106 PS Case Study II/III: Raphael in Context. The Appropriation of Models

BM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)

• 080023 PS Case Study II/III: Art on the Line. The Royal Academy Exhibitions (1780-1836)
• 080032 PS Case Study: Pictorial Light and Light Effects from Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci
• 080047 PS Case Study II/III: The Queer Sixties: Andy Warhol and Pop
• 080066 PS Case Study: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt: Work and Impact
• 080071 PS Case Study II/III: Export Art of the Ming and Qing Period
• 080072 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: The Beginnings of Islamic Art: Themes and Problems
• 080085 PS Case Study II/III: Byzantine Art: Encounters at the Borders
• 080095 PS Case Study II/III: Representations of Architecture and Architectural Plans in the Middle Ages: - From the Simple Depiction to the Engineering Drawing
• 080106 PS Case Study II/III: Raphael in Context. The Appropriation of Models

Special Topics (20 ECTS)

BM 11 Special Topics A (10 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Painting, Sculpture and Decoratif Arts of 17th and 18th Century in Austria
• 080050 VO Image and Projection
• 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages

BM 12 Special Topics B (10 ECTS)

• 080034 VO Traditional Architecture in East Asia
• 080062 UE [ en ] Show Must Go On": Transdisciplinary Approaches to Byzantine Visual Culture
• 080067 UE Early Christian Book Art
• 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
• 080105 UE [ en ] Introduction to Sasanian Art and Architecture in Iran based on Archaeological Evidence (224-651 AD) - (224-651 AD)
• 080108 UE [ en ] Exhibiting Islamic Art: Past Experiences, Current Practices

In-Depth Studies (20 ECTS)

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

• 080050 VO Image and Projection

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

• 080022 VO Positions of Conservation in Theory, History and Practice
• 080100 UE How to describe Works of Art? Exercise for STEOP-Assistants

BM 15 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Painting, Sculpture and Decoratif Arts of 17th and 18th Century in Austria
• 080034 VO Traditional Architecture in East Asia
• 080050 VO Image and Projection
• 080062 UE [ en ] Show Must Go On": Transdisciplinary Approaches to Byzantine Visual Culture
• 080067 UE Early Christian Book Art
• 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
• 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages
• 080105 UE [ en ] Introduction to Sasanian Art and Architecture in Iran based on Archaeological Evidence (224-651 AD) - (224-651 AD)
• 080108 UE [ en ] Exhibiting Islamic Art: Past Experiences, Current Practices

Final Stage (25 ECTS)

BM 16 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)

• 080026 EX Art in Vienna
• 080036 EX Art in Vienna
• 080054 EX Art in Vienna
• 080055 EX [ en ] Viennese Art: Contemporary Public Sculpture
• 080079 EX Art in Vienna: Renaissance Art

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

• 080018 SE Seminar: The Artist as Genius. A Critical History of Images and Ideas
• 080030 SE Seminar: Mythological Representations in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - Mythos, Ikonographie, Bildformeln, Medien, Funktion, Auftraggeber, Sammlungsgeschichte
• 080035 SE Seminar: Buddhist Sculpture and Painting in China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Baroque Ceiling Painting in Princely Residences: - A Medium for Representation of Power in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
• 080039 SE Seminar: Cubism. Picasso and Braque 1906-14: Canonical Texts and Work Analyses
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: Constructing the Contemporary: Decolonizing Art and Knowledge
• 080044 SE Seminar: Cognitive Research in Art History
• 080045 SE Seminar: The Plan of St. Gall
• 080051 SE Seminar: Printmaking between the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Schongauer - Dürer - van Leyden
• 080056 SE Seminar: Art History according to Functions: Roman Family Chapels from Raphael to Bernini
• 080060 SE Seminar: Statues of the Virgin from the 13th to 15th Century
• 080065 SE Seminar: Gustav Klimt and the Austrian Art around 1900
• 080083 SE Seminar: Rereading Gombrichs Art and Illusion
• 080086 SE Seminar: Art and Exegesis.
• 080094 SE Seminar: The Immobile Furnishings of Sacred Buildings and Sacred Spaces in the Middle Ages
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rococo Art5 in Southern Germany - Problems of Decoration
• 080098 SE Seminar: Romanic Portals in Austria
• 080099 SE Seminar: The Image in the Arts of Early Islamic Western Asia
• 080159 SE Seminar: "Architecture parlante". The Cryptical Language of the Architecture

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

• 080018 SE Seminar: The Artist as Genius. A Critical History of Images and Ideas
• 080030 SE Seminar: Mythological Representations in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - Mythos, Ikonographie, Bildformeln, Medien, Funktion, Auftraggeber, Sammlungsgeschichte
• 080035 SE Seminar: Buddhist Sculpture and Painting in China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Baroque Ceiling Painting in Princely Residences: - A Medium for Representation of Power in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
• 080039 SE Seminar: Cubism. Picasso and Braque 1906-14: Canonical Texts and Work Analyses
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: Constructing the Contemporary: Decolonizing Art and Knowledge
• 080044 SE Seminar: Cognitive Research in Art History
• 080045 SE Seminar: The Plan of St. Gall
• 080051 SE Seminar: Printmaking between the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Schongauer - Dürer - van Leyden
• 080056 SE Seminar: Art History according to Functions: Roman Family Chapels from Raphael to Bernini
• 080060 SE Seminar: Statues of the Virgin from the 13th to 15th Century
• 080065 SE Seminar: Gustav Klimt and the Austrian Art around 1900
• 080083 SE Seminar: Rereading Gombrichs Art and Illusion
• 080086 SE Seminar: Art and Exegesis.
• 080094 SE Seminar: The Immobile Furnishings of Sacred Buildings and Sacred Spaces in the Middle Ages
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rococo Art5 in Southern Germany - Problems of Decoration
• 080098 SE Seminar: Romanic Portals in Austria
• 080099 SE Seminar: The Image in the Arts of Early Islamic Western Asia
• 080159 SE Seminar: "Architecture parlante". The Cryptical Language of the Architecture

Master Art History (835)

M 1: Specialisation I (20 ECTS)

• 080018 SE Seminar: The Artist as Genius. A Critical History of Images and Ideas
• 080030 SE Seminar: Mythological Representations in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - Mythos, Ikonographie, Bildformeln, Medien, Funktion, Auftraggeber, Sammlungsgeschichte
• 080035 SE Seminar: Buddhist Sculpture and Painting in China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Baroque Ceiling Painting in Princely Residences: - A Medium for Representation of Power in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
• 080039 SE Seminar: Cubism. Picasso and Braque 1906-14: Canonical Texts and Work Analyses
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: Constructing the Contemporary: Decolonizing Art and Knowledge
• 080044 SE Seminar: Cognitive Research in Art History
• 080045 SE Seminar: The Plan of St. Gall
• 080051 SE Seminar: Printmaking between the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Schongauer - Dürer - van Leyden
• 080056 SE Seminar: Art History according to Functions: Roman Family Chapels from Raphael to Bernini
• 080060 SE Seminar: Statues of the Virgin from the 13th to 15th Century
• 080065 SE Seminar: Gustav Klimt and the Austrian Art around 1900
• 080083 SE Seminar: Rereading Gombrichs Art and Illusion
• 080086 SE Seminar: Art and Exegesis.
• 080094 SE Seminar: The Immobile Furnishings of Sacred Buildings and Sacred Spaces in the Middle Ages
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rococo Art5 in Southern Germany - Problems of Decoration
• 080098 SE Seminar: Romanic Portals in Austria
• 080099 SE Seminar: The Image in the Arts of Early Islamic Western Asia
• 080159 SE Seminar: "Architecture parlante". The Cryptical Language of the Architecture

M 2: Specialisation II (10 ECTS)

• 080018 SE Seminar: The Artist as Genius. A Critical History of Images and Ideas
• 080030 SE Seminar: Mythological Representations in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - Mythos, Ikonographie, Bildformeln, Medien, Funktion, Auftraggeber, Sammlungsgeschichte
• 080035 SE Seminar: Buddhist Sculpture and Painting in China
• 080038 SE Seminar: Baroque Ceiling Painting in Princely Residences: - A Medium for Representation of Power in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
• 080039 SE Seminar: Cubism. Picasso and Braque 1906-14: Canonical Texts and Work Analyses
• 080040 SE [ en ] Seminar: Constructing the Contemporary: Decolonizing Art and Knowledge
• 080044 SE Seminar: Cognitive Research in Art History
• 080045 SE Seminar: The Plan of St. Gall
• 080051 SE Seminar: Printmaking between the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Schongauer - Dürer - van Leyden
• 080056 SE Seminar: Art History according to Functions: Roman Family Chapels from Raphael to Bernini
• 080060 SE Seminar: Statues of the Virgin from the 13th to 15th Century
• 080065 SE Seminar: Gustav Klimt and the Austrian Art around 1900
• 080083 SE Seminar: Rereading Gombrichs Art and Illusion
• 080086 SE Seminar: Art and Exegesis.
• 080094 SE Seminar: The Immobile Furnishings of Sacred Buildings and Sacred Spaces in the Middle Ages
• 080097 SE Seminar: Rococo Art5 in Southern Germany - Problems of Decoration
• 080098 SE Seminar: Romanic Portals in Austria
• 080099 SE Seminar: The Image in the Arts of Early Islamic Western Asia
• 080159 SE Seminar: "Architecture parlante". The Cryptical Language of the Architecture

M 3: Excursion within Austria (5 ECTS)

• 080020 EX [ en ] Field Trip: Zagreb and Rijeka - From Avant-Garde to Contemporary
• 080033 EX Field Trip: Salzburg
• 080048 EX Field Trip: Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Architecture and Arts in the Ottoman and Habsburg Balkans

M 4: Excursion Abroad (10 ECTS)

• 080059 EX Field Trip: Naples as Center of Renaissance and Baroque Art
• 080081 EX Field Trip: Dresden - Naumburg - Bamberg
• 080109 EX Excursion

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

• 080031 SE Research Seminar
• 080042 SE Research Seminar
• 080046 SE Research Seminar
• 080049 SE Research Seminar
• 080057 SE Research Seminar
• 080058 SE Research Seminar
• 080061 SE Research Seminar
• 080064 SE Research Seminar
• 080068 SE Research Seminar
• 080076 SE Research Seminar
• 080080 SE Research Seminar
• 080082 SE Research Seminar
• 080084 SE Research Seminar
• 080089 SE Research Seminar
• 080103 SE Research Seminar
• 080122 SE [ en ] Research Seminar

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

• 080008 UE History of the Art Market since the Renaissance
• 080022 VO Positions of Conservation in Theory, History and Practice
• 080037 UE Printmaking: History and Techniques 15th-19th c.
• 080078 UE Man Ray
• 080100 UE How to describe Works of Art? Exercise for STEOP-Assistants

M 7: Method/Theory (5 ECTS)

• 080050 VO Image and Projection

M 8: Specialisation Art History (15 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Painting, Sculpture and Decoratif Arts of 17th and 18th Century in Austria
• 080008 UE History of the Art Market since the Renaissance
• 080034 VO Traditional Architecture in East Asia
• 080041 UE Introduction to empirical Methods in Art History
• 080050 VO Image and Projection
• 080062 UE [ en ] Show Must Go On": Transdisciplinary Approaches to Byzantine Visual Culture
• 080067 UE Early Christian Book Art
• 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
• 080078 UE Man Ray
• 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages
• 080105 UE [ en ] Introduction to Sasanian Art and Architecture in Iran based on Archaeological Evidence (224-651 AD) - (224-651 AD)
• 080108 UE [ en ] Exhibiting Islamic Art: Past Experiences, Current Practices

M 9: Individual Focus (15 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Painting, Sculpture and Decoratif Arts of 17th and 18th Century in Austria
• 080008 UE History of the Art Market since the Renaissance
• 080022 VO Positions of Conservation in Theory, History and Practice
• 080034 VO Traditional Architecture in East Asia
• 080037 UE Printmaking: History and Techniques 15th-19th c.
• 080041 UE Introduction to empirical Methods in Art History
• 080050 VO Image and Projection
• 080062 UE [ en ] Show Must Go On": Transdisciplinary Approaches to Byzantine Visual Culture
• 080067 UE Early Christian Book Art
• 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
• 080078 UE Man Ray
• 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages
• 080105 UE [ en ] Introduction to Sasanian Art and Architecture in Iran based on Archaeological Evidence (224-651 AD) - (224-651 AD)
• 080108 UE [ en ] Exhibiting Islamic Art: Past Experiences, Current Practices

M 11: Research Seminar (5 ECTS)

• 080031 SE Research Seminar
• 080042 SE Research Seminar
• 080046 SE Research Seminar
• 080049 SE Research Seminar
• 080057 SE Research Seminar
• 080058 SE Research Seminar
• 080061 SE Research Seminar
• 080064 SE Research Seminar
• 080068 SE Research Seminar
• 080076 SE Research Seminar
• 080080 SE Research Seminar
• 080082 SE Research Seminar
• 080084 SE Research Seminar
• 080089 SE Research Seminar
• 080103 SE Research Seminar
• 080122 SE [ en ] Research Seminar

Information on Complementary Courses from Other Departments

• 010047 SE Liturgical Symbols
• 010097 VO [ en ] Becoming God: Deification from Antiquity to the Present
• 010099 UE Archaeological Drawing
• 010111 SE [ en ] An Introduction to Christian Iconography
• 060092 KU Identifying and describing numismatic objects: Antiquity
• 060095 KU Ancient Numismatics and Monetary History
• 060096 PS Religious medals from the collection of the Abbey of Wilhering
• 070001 VO STEOP: Analyse bildlicher und dinglicher Quellen und Musealisierung
• 140396 VO The Art of Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites
• 240043 SE SE Theory I - Theories and Methods of Gender Studies - Gender Studies und Psychoanalyse
• 240046 PS Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung - prüfungsimmament (4 ECTS) - Der migrantische Körper - "Race" und Gender in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
• 240049 PS Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung - prüfungsimmament (4 ECTS) - Reformprojekt, Krise, Widerstand - Geschlechterverhältnisse im Wien der Jahre 1918-1938. Vom Roten Wien über die Entstehung des Austrofaschismus bis zu den Frauen im antifaschistischen Widerstand Wiens

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
• 080053 VO Art since 1750
• 080063 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

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

Compulsory Module KG Aufbau (15 ECTS)

• 080007 VO Painting, Sculpture and Decoratif Arts of 17th and 18th Century in Austria
• 080034 VO Traditional Architecture in East Asia
• 080050 VO Image and Projection
• 080074 VO Architecture of the Early Islamic Period: Forms and Functions from the Late Antiquity to c. 1000 AD
• 080093 VO Aspects of Ecclesiastical Architecture in the European High and Late Middle Ages