Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History of Art

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)

• 080117 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies

PM 2 Introduction to Iconography (5 ECTS)

• 080002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

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

History of Art Survey (20 ECTS)

PM 4 History of Art Survey I (5 ECTS)

PM 5 History of Art Survey II (5 ECTS)

• 080066 VO Art History Survey II

PM 6 History of Art Survey III (5 ECTS)

PM 7 History of Art Survey IV (5 ECTS)

Case Studies (20 ECTS)

PM 8 Case Study I (10 ECTS)

• 080007 PS Case Study I: Antoon van Dyck and his Network: Flemish Painters in Italy
• 080017 PS Case Study I: The Baroque Portrait. An Introduction
• 080020 PS Case Study I: Queer Theory and Practice in Contemporary Art
• 080049 PS Case Study I: Astronomy in Medieval Art
• 080050 PS Case Study I: Basic Questions of Modern Painting in the Wake of Cézanne
• 080080 PS Case Study I: The Uncanny - Stages of an Aesthetic Category
• 080083 PS Case Study I: Lee Krasner and Abstract Expressionism
• 080097 PS Case Study I: Describing, Historicizing, and Interpreting Klimt's Beethoven Frieze
• 080114 PS Case Study I: American Women Photographers of the 20th Century

PM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)

• 080003 PS Case Study II/III: Censored! Between Official and Underground Art in State-Socialist Central Europe
• 080008 PS Case Study II/III: Vienna Italiana. Italian Art and Architecture in Vienna (17th-18th Century)
• 080026 PS Case Study II/III: Art in Paris: 1918-1939
• 080028 PS Case Study II/III: A Restrained Awakening: Viennese Architecture after the 1848 Revolution
• 080035 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Maps, Models, Drawings, and Paintings - Cartography and Architectural Representation in the Islamic World
• 080037 PS Case Study II/III: Chinese Painting of the Ming Period (1368-1644)
• 080040 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Architectural Typologies in 13th-14th Century Anatolia - Shifting Hierarchies of Patronage
• 080043 PS Case Study II/III: African Fashion - Textile Art and Cultural Identity
• 080055 PS Case Study II/III (Summer Course): Mesopotamia - A Centre for Art and Culture in the Early Islamic Period
• 080059 PS Case Study II/III: Sound and Songs in the Visual Arts
• 080081 PS Case Study II/III: The Imperial Woodcut Project of the Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I
• 080102 PS Case Study II/III: Art History and Psychoanalysis
• 080109 PS Case Study II/III: Sculpture of the Wiener Ringstraße Period
• 080113 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Arab Book Painting: Themes, Forms, and Sources

PM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)

• 080003 PS Case Study II/III: Censored! Between Official and Underground Art in State-Socialist Central Europe
• 080008 PS Case Study II/III: Vienna Italiana. Italian Art and Architecture in Vienna (17th-18th Century)
• 080026 PS Case Study II/III: Art in Paris: 1918-1939
• 080028 PS Case Study II/III: A Restrained Awakening: Viennese Architecture after the 1848 Revolution
• 080035 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Maps, Models, Drawings, and Paintings - Cartography and Architectural Representation in the Islamic World
• 080037 PS Case Study II/III: Chinese Painting of the Ming Period (1368-1644)
• 080040 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Architectural Typologies in 13th-14th Century Anatolia - Shifting Hierarchies of Patronage
• 080043 PS Case Study II/III: African Fashion - Textile Art and Cultural Identity
• 080055 PS Case Study II/III (Summer Course): Mesopotamia - A Centre for Art and Culture in the Early Islamic Period
• 080059 PS Case Study II/III: Sound and Songs in the Visual Arts
• 080081 PS Case Study II/III: The Imperial Woodcut Project of the Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I
• 080102 PS Case Study II/III: Art History and Psychoanalysis
• 080109 PS Case Study II/III: Sculpture of the Wiener Ringstraße Period
• 080113 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: Arab Book Painting: Themes, Forms, and Sources

Special Topics (30 ECTS)

PM 11 Special Topics (30 ECTS)

• 080029 VO [ en ] Museums, Exhibitions, Conservations
• 080041 VO Jan van Eyck and the New Pictorial Concept of Early Netherlandish Painting
• 080044 VO Site-Specificity in Art and Architecture (II)
• 080065 UE Course: Women Artists of the Art Club and the Awakening in Austria after 1945
• 080107 UE [ en ] Course: Coding, Automating, and Visualizing Art History
• 080115 UE Course: Days of Creation: Text Reception, Pictorial Tradition and Imagination in the Middle Ages
• 080116 UE Course: The Fascination of Photography. Working with 19th and 20th Century Originals

Emphasis (10 ECTS)

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

• 080018 UE Course: An Extraordinary Witness: Sandrart and the Italian Artists of the 17th Century
• 080022 UE Course: Reading Medieval Architecture. Form and Method
• 080061 UE Course: "It's only a photograph" - Fundamental Texts on Photography
• 080063 UE Course: Decolonial Theories in the Context of Latin America
• 080084 UE Course: Art and Identity. Readings on the Interplay of Work, Life and Biography in Modernism

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

• 080004 UE Course: Exhibition Analysis
• 080031 UE Course: Built Heritage Preservation in Theory and Practice - A Case Study of Vienna
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080051 UE Course: Roman Baroque Paintings of the KHM: Work on the Scientific Catalogue
• 080086 UE Course at the Belvedere: The Basics of Digital Art History
• 080093 UE Course: Passing of Knowledge about Garden Art

Final Phase (25 ECTS)

PM 14 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)

• 080005 EX Viennese Art: Contemporary Art in Vienna
• 080014 EX Viennese Art: Classicism
• 080045 EX Viennese Art: Vision and Writing Exercises
• 080048 EX Viennese Art: Dom Museum Wien Backstage - Works from the Permanent Collection and the Exhibition "In the Spirit of Friendship"
• 080067 EX Viennese Art: Vienna's Ringstrasse (1857-2025) - Planning, Buildings and Squares, Changes

PM 15 Seminar I (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE The Late Rembrandt: Old-Age Style as a Break with Tradition
• 080015 SE The European Town Squares of the Ancien Régime
• 080016 SE Painting in the Spirit of Science? Adalbert Stifter's Second Art
• 080021 SE The Global South in Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Theory
• 080024 SE Architectural Theory: Modernity and History
• 080038 SE Sacral Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• 080047 SE Museum Visitor Study with Mobile Eye Trackers at the Belvedere Gallery
• 080052 SE Colonialism, Whiteness and Gender in European Art
• 080054 SE The Florentine Baptistery in the Renaissance
• 080058 SE A Different Modernity? Friedrich Ohmann and the Architecture of Central Europe around 1900
• 080078 SE The Architect Clemens Holzmeister - Building for Church, Culture and Politics
• 080099 SE Gardens of Islamic Princes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
• 080103 SE Michelangelo in Context: Depictions of and Texts about Moses in the Tusco-Roman Renaissance
• 080104 SE Venetian Painting of the 17th Century
• 080105 SE Heaven on Earth: The Pictorial Decoration of Byzantine Churches, 9th-15th Century

PM 16 Seminar II (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE The Late Rembrandt: Old-Age Style as a Break with Tradition
• 080015 SE The European Town Squares of the Ancien Régime
• 080016 SE Painting in the Spirit of Science? Adalbert Stifter's Second Art
• 080021 SE The Global South in Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Theory
• 080024 SE Architectural Theory: Modernity and History
• 080038 SE Sacral Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• 080047 SE Museum Visitor Study with Mobile Eye Trackers at the Belvedere Gallery
• 080052 SE Colonialism, Whiteness and Gender in European Art
• 080054 SE The Florentine Baptistery in the Renaissance
• 080058 SE A Different Modernity? Friedrich Ohmann and the Architecture of Central Europe around 1900
• 080078 SE The Architect Clemens Holzmeister - Building for Church, Culture and Politics
• 080099 SE Gardens of Islamic Princes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
• 080103 SE Michelangelo in Context: Depictions of and Texts about Moses in the Tusco-Roman Renaissance
• 080104 SE Venetian Painting of the 17th Century
• 080105 SE Heaven on Earth: The Pictorial Decoration of Byzantine Churches, 9th-15th Century

Master’s programme in History of Art and Architecture (835)

M 1: Specialisation I (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE The Late Rembrandt: Old-Age Style as a Break with Tradition
• 080015 SE The European Town Squares of the Ancien Régime
• 080016 SE Painting in the Spirit of Science? Adalbert Stifter's Second Art
• 080021 SE The Global South in Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Theory
• 080024 SE Architectural Theory: Modernity and History
• 080038 SE Sacral Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• 080047 SE Museum Visitor Study with Mobile Eye Trackers at the Belvedere Gallery
• 080052 SE Colonialism, Whiteness and Gender in European Art
• 080054 SE The Florentine Baptistery in the Renaissance
• 080058 SE A Different Modernity? Friedrich Ohmann and the Architecture of Central Europe around 1900
• 080078 SE The Architect Clemens Holzmeister - Building for Church, Culture and Politics
• 080099 SE Gardens of Islamic Princes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
• 080103 SE Michelangelo in Context: Depictions of and Texts about Moses in the Tusco-Roman Renaissance
• 080104 SE Venetian Painting of the 17th Century
• 080105 SE Heaven on Earth: The Pictorial Decoration of Byzantine Churches, 9th-15th Century

M 2: Specialisation II (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE The Late Rembrandt: Old-Age Style as a Break with Tradition
• 080015 SE The European Town Squares of the Ancien Régime
• 080016 SE Painting in the Spirit of Science? Adalbert Stifter's Second Art
• 080021 SE The Global South in Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Theory
• 080024 SE Architectural Theory: Modernity and History
• 080038 SE Sacral Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• 080047 SE Museum Visitor Study with Mobile Eye Trackers at the Belvedere Gallery
• 080052 SE Colonialism, Whiteness and Gender in European Art
• 080054 SE The Florentine Baptistery in the Renaissance
• 080058 SE A Different Modernity? Friedrich Ohmann and the Architecture of Central Europe around 1900
• 080078 SE The Architect Clemens Holzmeister - Building for Church, Culture and Politics
• 080099 SE Gardens of Islamic Princes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
• 080103 SE Michelangelo in Context: Depictions of and Texts about Moses in the Tusco-Roman Renaissance
• 080104 SE Venetian Painting of the 17th Century
• 080105 SE Heaven on Earth: The Pictorial Decoration of Byzantine Churches, 9th-15th Century

M 3: Specialisation III (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE The Late Rembrandt: Old-Age Style as a Break with Tradition
• 080015 SE The European Town Squares of the Ancien Régime
• 080016 SE Painting in the Spirit of Science? Adalbert Stifter's Second Art
• 080021 SE The Global South in Contemporary Art, Exhibitions and Theory
• 080024 SE Architectural Theory: Modernity and History
• 080038 SE Sacral Architecture between Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• 080047 SE Museum Visitor Study with Mobile Eye Trackers at the Belvedere Gallery
• 080052 SE Colonialism, Whiteness and Gender in European Art
• 080054 SE The Florentine Baptistery in the Renaissance
• 080058 SE A Different Modernity? Friedrich Ohmann and the Architecture of Central Europe around 1900
• 080078 SE The Architect Clemens Holzmeister - Building for Church, Culture and Politics
• 080099 SE Gardens of Islamic Princes in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
• 080103 SE Michelangelo in Context: Depictions of and Texts about Moses in the Tusco-Roman Renaissance
• 080104 SE Venetian Painting of the 17th Century
• 080105 SE Heaven on Earth: The Pictorial Decoration of Byzantine Churches, 9th-15th Century

M 4: Field Trip: Austria in its Historical Context (5 ECTS)

• 080012 EX Field Trip: Innsbruck - Schwaz - Hall
• 080111 EX Field Trip: Art in Graz and the Local Area

M 5: Field Trip: Beyond Austria

• 080013 EX Field Trip: Milan and Bergamo
• 080019 EX Field Trip: Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan
• 080023 EX Field Trip: Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent

M 6: Preparation for the Master’s Thesis (5 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080034 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 080036 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080039 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080046 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080056 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080057 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080064 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080068 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080076 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080089 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080112 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080118 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080120 SE Thesis Seminar

M 7: Practical Applications of History of Art and Architecture (5 ECTS)

• 080004 UE Course: Exhibition Analysis
• 080031 UE Course: Built Heritage Preservation in Theory and Practice - A Case Study of Vienna
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080051 UE Course: Roman Baroque Paintings of the KHM: Work on the Scientific Catalogue
• 080086 UE Course at the Belvedere: The Basics of Digital Art History
• 080093 UE Course: Passing of Knowledge about Garden Art

M 8: Methods/ Theory (5 ECTS)

• 080018 UE Course: An Extraordinary Witness: Sandrart and the Italian Artists of the 17th Century
• 080022 UE Course: Reading Medieval Architecture. Form and Method
• 080061 UE Course: "It's only a photograph" - Fundamental Texts on Photography
• 080063 UE Course: Decolonial Theories in the Context of Latin America
• 080084 UE Course: Art and Identity. Readings on the Interplay of Work, Life and Biography in Modernism

M 9: Emphasis: History of Art and Architecture (15 ECTS)

• 080029 VO [ en ] Museums, Exhibitions, Conservations
• 080041 VO Jan van Eyck and the New Pictorial Concept of Early Netherlandish Painting
• 080044 VO Site-Specificity in Art and Architecture (II)
• 080065 UE Course: Women Artists of the Art Club and the Awakening in Austria after 1945
• 080115 UE Course: Days of Creation: Text Reception, Pictorial Tradition and Imagination in the Middle Ages
• 080116 UE Course: The Fascination of Photography. Working with 19th and 20th Century Originals

M 10: Individual Focus (15 ECTS)

• 080004 UE Course: Exhibition Analysis
• 080018 UE Course: An Extraordinary Witness: Sandrart and the Italian Artists of the 17th Century
• 080022 UE Course: Reading Medieval Architecture. Form and Method
• 080029 VO [ en ] Museums, Exhibitions, Conservations
• 080031 UE Course: Built Heritage Preservation in Theory and Practice - A Case Study of Vienna
• 080041 VO Jan van Eyck and the New Pictorial Concept of Early Netherlandish Painting
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080044 VO Site-Specificity in Art and Architecture (II)
• 080051 UE Course: Roman Baroque Paintings of the KHM: Work on the Scientific Catalogue
• 080061 UE Course: "It's only a photograph" - Fundamental Texts on Photography
• 080063 UE Course: Decolonial Theories in the Context of Latin America
• 080065 UE Course: Women Artists of the Art Club and the Awakening in Austria after 1945
• 080084 UE Course: Art and Identity. Readings on the Interplay of Work, Life and Biography in Modernism
• 080086 UE Course at the Belvedere: The Basics of Digital Art History
• 080093 UE Course: Passing of Knowledge about Garden Art
• 080107 UE [ en ] Course: Coding, Automating, and Visualizing Art History
• 080115 UE Course: Days of Creation: Text Reception, Pictorial Tradition and Imagination in the Middle Ages
• 080116 UE Course: The Fascination of Photography. Working with 19th and 20th Century Originals

M 11: Master’s Thesis (5 ECTS)

• 080027 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080034 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 080036 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080039 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080046 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080056 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080057 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080064 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080068 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080076 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080089 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080112 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080118 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080120 SE Thesis Seminar

Recommended Lectures of other Departments

• 090062 VU [ de en ] Manifestations of Byzantine Culture in Southern Italy: Manuscripts, Texts and Contexts
• 090070 VO Classical Archaeology or Antique History of Art
• 090115 EX [ de en ] Study Trip: Ancient Cilicia and Cyprus - From the early Christian cult of the martyrs to iconographic representations

Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture - Emphasis (087 [1] - Version 2018) - discontinued

EC I History of Art and Architecture I: Terminology, Objects, Methods (15 ECTS)

• 080002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
• 080117 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies

Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture II: Specialisation (087 [2] - Version 2024)

EC II History of Art and Architecture II: Specialisation (15 ECTS)

• 080029 VO [ en ] Museums, Exhibitions, Conservations
• 080041 VO Jan van Eyck and the New Pictorial Concept of Early Netherlandish Painting
• 080044 VO Site-Specificity in Art and Architecture (II)
• 080066 VO Art History Survey II

Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture - Basics (086 [1] - Version 2018) - discontinued

PM1 - History of Art and Architecture - Basics (15 ECTS)

• 080002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
• 080066 VO Art History Survey II

Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture - Emphasis (087 [1] - Version 2018) - discontinued

PM1 History of Art and Architecture - Emphasis (15 ECTS)

• 080066 VO Art History Survey II