Bachelor’s programme in History of Art and Architecture (635 [3] - Version 2018)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

PM 1 Introduction to History of Art: Selected Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE COMM Modul exam: STEOP Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies
• 080117 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies

PM 2 Introduction to Iconography (5 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE COMM Modul exam: STEOP Introduction to Iconography
• 080007 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

PM 3 Introduction to Architectural Terminology and Morphology (5 ECTS)

• EXAM ON-SITE Modul exam: Introduction to Architectural Terminology and Morphology
• 080025 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture

History of Art Survey (20 ECTS)

PM 4 History of Art Survey I (5 ECTS)

PM 5 History of Art Survey II (5 ECTS)

PM 6 History of Art Survey III (5 ECTS)

• 080013 VO Art History Survey III

PM 7 History of Art Survey IV (5 ECTS)

Case Studies (20 ECTS)

PM 8 Case Study I (10 ECTS)

• 080039 PS Case Study I: City planning in Vienna since 1960: paradigms and controversies
• 080048 PS Case Study I: Art of the Baroque in Rome
• 080050 PS Case Study I: Non-European Art Collections in Vienna
• 080053 PS Case Study I: Luxury, pomp and representation. The 14th century papal court of Avignon
• 080056 PS Case Study I: Heroes and enemies - halls of honour in past and future
• 080061 PS Case Study I: Here and Now! Contemporary Art in Vienna
• 080066 PS Case Study I: Gustave Courbet

PM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)

• 080026 PS Case Study II/III: Decorative Painting in France in the 19th and 20th Century
• 080035 PS Case Study II/III: The printed image in China
• 080043 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Chinese Porcelain and the Islamic World
• 080047 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: American Conceptualism in the 1960s
• 080063 PS Case Study II/III: Arte y Activismo - Art and Activism in Latin America
• 080073 PS Case Study II/III: The Retrospective: History, Theory, and Critique of an Exhibition Format
• 080078 PS Case Study II/III: Visual and Material Culture in Mamluk Egypt and Syria
• 080102 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Ecology and Nature in Islamic Architecture: Gardens, Windtowers and Canals
• 080104 PS Case Study II/III: Salvator Rosa. The painter as rebel in the 17th century

PM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)

• 080026 PS Case Study II/III: Decorative Painting in France in the 19th and 20th Century
• 080035 PS Case Study II/III: The printed image in China
• 080043 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Chinese Porcelain and the Islamic World
• 080047 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: American Conceptualism in the 1960s
• 080063 PS Case Study II/III: Arte y Activismo - Art and Activism in Latin America
• 080073 PS Case Study II/III: The Retrospective: History, Theory, and Critique of an Exhibition Format
• 080078 PS Case Study II/III: Visual and Material Culture in Mamluk Egypt and Syria
• 080102 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Ecology and Nature in Islamic Architecture: Gardens, Windtowers and Canals
• 080104 PS Case Study II/III: Salvator Rosa. The painter as rebel in the 17th century

Special Topics (30 ECTS)

PM 11 Special Topics (30 ECTS)

• 080015 UE Course: Ukraine's cultural heritage and the quest to 'decolonize' knowledge
• 080017 VO ( REMOTE ) Instruments of Research in History of Architecture
• 080020 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Life and Death in Art and Cultural Heritage
• 080041 VO Buildings and Images. Visual representation and media translation in architecture
• 080054 VO From Sand to Splendour: The Development and Importance of Byzantine Wall Mosaics
• 080059 UE Course: The Production and Interpretation of Byzantine Artworks - Practical Considerations before Originals
• 080093 UE Course: Japanese Comics 1970-1990
• 080098 UE [ en ] Course: The Battle for the Baroque: The Classicists vs. Caravaggisti in Seventeenth Century Rome
• 080106 VO [ en ] Gothic Tales: Emotions, Identity, and Fantasy in German Gothic Sculpture
• 080108 VO Energetic Forms: From Botticelli to Michelangelo

Emphasis (10 ECTS)

PM 12 Methods in History of Art and Architecture / Art Theory (5 ECTS)

• 080049 UE Course: Agency - Studies in the Animation and Impact of Images
• 080062 UE Course: What is an archive?
• 080095 UE Course: Feminism, the Politics of Exhibiting, and Aesthetic Perception
• 080103 UE Course: Wilhelm Suida's Contributions to Italian Art of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods
• 080107 UE Course: "What is a photograph?" - Texts on photography

PM 13 Practical Applications of History of Art and Architecture (5 ECTS)

• 080042 UE Course: Description and mediation of art
• 080045 VO Heritage Discourses - Theories, History and Practice of Conservation
• 080065 UE [ en ] Course: Auction, Collection, Museum - Cataloguing for Art Historians
• 080097 UE Course: Elaboration of an OnlineSelf-Assessment for art history
• 080100 UE Course: Prints by Austrian artists of the 19th century - Content-based indexing and database-driven documentation
• 080109 UE Course: Cranach and his time

Final Phase (25 ECTS)

PM 14 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)

• 080014 EX Viennese Art: The others' Vienna: Non-Catholic monumental buildings, 1781-1938
• 080019 EX Viennese Art: Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation
• 080094 EX Viennese Art: Rock Crystal Objects in the Kunstkammer of the KHM
• 080112 EX Viennese Art: Renaissance Art in the KHM

PM 15 Seminar I (10 ECTS)

• 080016 SE The Voynich-Manuscript
• 080018 SE Body Concepts in Socialist and Post-Socialist Art
• 080023 SE Gothic Sculpture in France
• 080024 SE Spolia Columns: Material, History, Iconography
• 080031 SE German Expressionism - Painting and Graphic Art
• 080032 SE Vanitas. Death in Art
• 080038 SE The Monument in the City: The Occupation of Public Urban Space in the Early Modern Period
• 080051 SE Baroque altarpieces in Viennese churches
• 080052 SE Brilliant Bodies. Portrait Juwels and Armour of the English Renaissance
• 080058 SE "Byzantine" Rome
• 080060 SE International Museum Architecture from the Beginning to the Present - Buildings, concepts, developments
• 080083 SE Studia transdanubica I: concerning urban morphology and the history of architecture in Vienna XXII
• 080086 SE Early Modern Armor as "second skin", Sculpture of Steel and Heroic Object
• 080099 SE Architecture & Education. School Building in Vienna from 1860 to 2000
• 080105 SE Pain, Eroticism, and Redemption in Medieval Art
• 080110 SE Seriality and Innovation in Early Netherlandish Manuscript Illumination and Panel Painting
• 080111 SE Image Perception, Imagination and Body in the Renaissance

PM 16 Seminar II (10 ECTS)

• 080016 SE The Voynich-Manuscript
• 080018 SE Body Concepts in Socialist and Post-Socialist Art
• 080023 SE Gothic Sculpture in France
• 080024 SE Spolia Columns: Material, History, Iconography
• 080031 SE German Expressionism - Painting and Graphic Art
• 080032 SE Vanitas. Death in Art
• 080038 SE The Monument in the City: The Occupation of Public Urban Space in the Early Modern Period
• 080051 SE Baroque altarpieces in Viennese churches
• 080052 SE Brilliant Bodies. Portrait Juwels and Armour of the English Renaissance
• 080058 SE "Byzantine" Rome
• 080060 SE International Museum Architecture from the Beginning to the Present - Buildings, concepts, developments
• 080083 SE Studia transdanubica I: concerning urban morphology and the history of architecture in Vienna XXII
• 080086 SE Early Modern Armor as "second skin", Sculpture of Steel and Heroic Object
• 080099 SE Architecture & Education. School Building in Vienna from 1860 to 2000
• 080105 SE Pain, Eroticism, and Redemption in Medieval Art
• 080110 SE Seriality and Innovation in Early Netherlandish Manuscript Illumination and Panel Painting
• 080111 SE Image Perception, Imagination and Body in the Renaissance