Directorate of Studies 8 - History of Art and Architecture - European Ethnology

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)

Orientation Event

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)

• 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)

• 080003 PS Case Study I: Monastic Foundations in Byzantium after the 9th Century
• 080053 PS Case Study I: Classical Mythology in Medieval Art: Deities, Natural Forces, and Demons
• 080059 PS Case Study I: Performance Art: Between Presence and Documentation
• 080067 PS Case Study I: From the Kaiserforum to the MuseumsQuartier. Buildings, Monuments, Institutions
• 080080 PS [ en ] Case Study I: Before and After Giotto: Tradition and Innovation in Italian Art (c. 1250-1400)
• 080097 PS Case Study I: The Politicial Iconology of the Austrian Parliament Building
• 080115 PS Case Study I: Flemish Book Painting (14th to 16th Centuries)

PM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)

• 080028 PS Case Study II/III: The Artistry of Urban Design in Post-Medieval Central Europe
• 080032 PS Case Study II/III: Czech it out? Methodological Perspectives on Czechoslovak Art - in the Second Half of the 20th Century
• 080035 PS Case Study II/III: Ambiguous Masculinities. The Male Nude in 19th Century French Painting
• 080043 PS Case Study II/III: Fashioning Masculinity - Constructing Masculinity through Dress
• 080044 PS Case Study II/III: Interior and Painting in Modernism
• 080048 PS Case Study II/III: Women and the Feminine in Chinese Art (History)
• 080055 PS Case Study II/III: Andy Warhol
• 080061 PS Case Study II/III: Digesting Art. The Edible as Art Material in the Context of New Materialisms
• 080062 PS Case Study II/III: Early European Porcelain in Context
• 080085 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: From Perspectiva to Prospettiva: Light and Vision in Italian Painting - (c.1250-1450)
• 080113 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: The Timurid Art of the Book (14th-15th centuries)

PM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)

• 080028 PS Case Study II/III: The Artistry of Urban Design in Post-Medieval Central Europe
• 080032 PS Case Study II/III: Czech it out? Methodological Perspectives on Czechoslovak Art - in the Second Half of the 20th Century
• 080035 PS Case Study II/III: Ambiguous Masculinities. The Male Nude in 19th Century French Painting
• 080043 PS Case Study II/III: Fashioning Masculinity - Constructing Masculinity through Dress
• 080044 PS Case Study II/III: Interior and Painting in Modernism
• 080048 PS Case Study II/III: Women and the Feminine in Chinese Art (History)
• 080055 PS Case Study II/III: Andy Warhol
• 080061 PS Case Study II/III: Digesting Art. The Edible as Art Material in the Context of New Materialisms
• 080062 PS Case Study II/III: Early European Porcelain in Context
• 080085 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: From Perspectiva to Prospettiva: Light and Vision in Italian Painting - (c.1250-1450)
• 080113 PS [ en ] Case Study II/III: The Timurid Art of the Book (14th-15th centuries)

Special Topics (30 ECTS)

PM 11 Special Topics (30 ECTS)

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080005 VO The Macedonian Dynasty: Emperor, Society & Culture
• 080017 VO Rubens and Italy
• 080018 UE Course: Voices in Art and Archives
• 080023 UE Course: Fascist Aesthetics
• 080026 VO Hegemonic Masculinities in Contemporary Art - Critical Perspectives in Art and Art History
• 080031 UE Course: Formats of Academic Practice / Architectural History 1850-1950
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080049 UE Course: Art and Anarchism
• 080073 VO From Impressionism to Cubism
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080095 VO [ en ] Giants and Other Mirabilia in the Medieval City

Emphasis (10 ECTS)

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

• 080004 UE Course: Late Antique and Byzantine Iconography
• 080039 VO Methods of Art History
• 080051 UE Course: Material Matters. Readings on the Material Turn
• 080058 UE Course: Reading Course "Theory"

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

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080063 UE Course: Digital Art History: Introduction to Network Analysis
• 080066 UE Course at the mumok: Tobias Pils. Shh
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080107 UE [ en ] Course: Coding, Automating, and Visualizing Art History
• 080119 UE Course: Vienna Actionism Revisited

Final Phase (25 ECTS)

PM 14 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)

• 080021 EX Viennese Art: Vienna and Antiquity
• 080045 EX Viennese Art: Contemporary Art in Vienna
• 080050 EX Art in Vienna: Collections of the Wien Museum
• 080102 EX Viennese Art: What is "Contemporary Art"? Analyzing and Critiquing Art in the Present

PM 15 Seminar I (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE Diplomacy and Diplomatic Gifts in Byzantium
• 080007 SE "Dream and Reality" around 1900 - From Historicism to Modernism in the Art of Central Europe
• 080015 SE The Habsburgs and Tuscany
• 080022 SE Care Work in the Arts Since 1960
• 080024 SE Potsdam: Construction and Reconstruction of History
• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080033 SE The Plan of St Gall. Conceptual Model and Monastery Culture
• 080038 SE Sacred Architecture of the 17th Century in Central Europe
• 080041 SE Textility - Textile Media as Model
• 080047 SE Artist Groups and Their Networks (1905-1915)
• 080052 SE The Pastel. Material - Medium - Metaphor
• 080056 SE Studies on Artists’ Archives and Estates
• 080060 SE Sculpture and East Asian Buddhism, 5th to 8th century
• 080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
• 080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
• 180087 KU Surrealism and Philosophy

PM 16 Seminar II (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE Diplomacy and Diplomatic Gifts in Byzantium
• 080007 SE "Dream and Reality" around 1900 - From Historicism to Modernism in the Art of Central Europe
• 080015 SE The Habsburgs and Tuscany
• 080022 SE Care Work in the Arts Since 1960
• 080024 SE Potsdam: Construction and Reconstruction of History
• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080033 SE The Plan of St Gall. Conceptual Model and Monastery Culture
• 080038 SE Sacred Architecture of the 17th Century in Central Europe
• 080041 SE Textility - Textile Media as Model
• 080047 SE Artist Groups and Their Networks (1905-1915)
• 080052 SE The Pastel. Material - Medium - Metaphor
• 080056 SE Studies on Artists’ Archives and Estates
• 080060 SE Sculpture and East Asian Buddhism, 5th to 8th century
• 080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
• 080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
• 180087 KU Surrealism and Philosophy

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

M 1: Specialisation I (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE Diplomacy and Diplomatic Gifts in Byzantium
• 080007 SE "Dream and Reality" around 1900 - From Historicism to Modernism in the Art of Central Europe
• 080015 SE The Habsburgs and Tuscany
• 080022 SE Care Work in the Arts Since 1960
• 080024 SE Potsdam: Construction and Reconstruction of History
• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080033 SE The Plan of St Gall. Conceptual Model and Monastery Culture
• 080038 SE Sacred Architecture of the 17th Century in Central Europe
• 080041 SE Textility - Textile Media as Model
• 080047 SE Artist Groups and Their Networks (1905-1915)
• 080052 SE The Pastel. Material - Medium - Metaphor
• 080056 SE Studies on Artists’ Archives and Estates
• 080060 SE Sculpture and East Asian Buddhism, 5th to 8th century
• 080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
• 080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
• 180087 KU Surrealism and Philosophy

M 2: Specialisation II (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE Diplomacy and Diplomatic Gifts in Byzantium
• 080007 SE "Dream and Reality" around 1900 - From Historicism to Modernism in the Art of Central Europe
• 080015 SE The Habsburgs and Tuscany
• 080022 SE Care Work in the Arts Since 1960
• 080024 SE Potsdam: Construction and Reconstruction of History
• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080033 SE The Plan of St Gall. Conceptual Model and Monastery Culture
• 080038 SE Sacred Architecture of the 17th Century in Central Europe
• 080041 SE Textility - Textile Media as Model
• 080047 SE Artist Groups and Their Networks (1905-1915)
• 080052 SE The Pastel. Material - Medium - Metaphor
• 080056 SE Studies on Artists’ Archives and Estates
• 080060 SE Sculpture and East Asian Buddhism, 5th to 8th century
• 080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
• 080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
• 180087 KU Surrealism and Philosophy

M 3: Specialisation III (10 ECTS)

• 080006 SE Diplomacy and Diplomatic Gifts in Byzantium
• 080007 SE "Dream and Reality" around 1900 - From Historicism to Modernism in the Art of Central Europe
• 080015 SE The Habsburgs and Tuscany
• 080022 SE Care Work in the Arts Since 1960
• 080024 SE Potsdam: Construction and Reconstruction of History
• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080033 SE The Plan of St Gall. Conceptual Model and Monastery Culture
• 080038 SE Sacred Architecture of the 17th Century in Central Europe
• 080041 SE Textility - Textile Media as Model
• 080047 SE Artist Groups and Their Networks (1905-1915)
• 080052 SE The Pastel. Material - Medium - Metaphor
• 080056 SE Studies on Artists’ Archives and Estates
• 080060 SE Sculpture and East Asian Buddhism, 5th to 8th century
• 080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
• 080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
• 180087 KU Surrealism and Philosophy

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

• 080065 EX Field Trip: Modern Architecture in Brno and Prague
• 080094 EX Field Trip: Udine

M 5: Field Trip: Beyond Austria

• 080019 EX Field Trip: Rome
• 080054 EX Field Trip: Ravenna-Venice

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

• 080034 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 080037 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080046 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080057 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080064 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080068 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080078 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080089 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080112 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080120 SE Thesis Seminar

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

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080063 UE Course: Digital Art History: Introduction to Network Analysis
• 080066 UE Course at the mumok: Tobias Pils. Shh
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080107 UE [ en ] Course: Coding, Automating, and Visualizing Art History
• 080119 UE Course: Vienna Actionism Revisited

M 8: Methods/ Theory (5 ECTS)

• 080004 UE Course: Late Antique and Byzantine Iconography
• 080039 VO Methods of Art History
• 080051 UE Course: Material Matters. Readings on the Material Turn
• 080058 UE Course: Reading Course "Theory"

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

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080005 VO The Macedonian Dynasty: Emperor, Society & Culture
• 080017 VO Rubens and Italy
• 080018 UE Course: Voices in Art and Archives
• 080023 UE Course: Fascist Aesthetics
• 080026 VO Hegemonic Masculinities in Contemporary Art - Critical Perspectives in Art and Art History
• 080031 UE Course: Formats of Academic Practice / Architectural History 1850-1950
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080049 UE Course: Art and Anarchism
• 080073 VO From Impressionism to Cubism
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080095 VO [ en ] Giants and Other Mirabilia in the Medieval City

M 10: Individual Focus (15 ECTS)

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080004 UE Course: Late Antique and Byzantine Iconography
• 080005 VO The Macedonian Dynasty: Emperor, Society & Culture
• 080017 VO Rubens and Italy
• 080018 UE Course: Voices in Art and Archives
• 080023 UE Course: Fascist Aesthetics
• 080026 VO Hegemonic Masculinities in Contemporary Art - Critical Perspectives in Art and Art History
• 080031 UE Course: Formats of Academic Practice / Architectural History 1850-1950
• 080039 VO Methods of Art History
• 080042 UE Course: Desribing and Mediating for Art Historical Practice
• 080049 UE Course: Art and Anarchism
• 080051 UE Course: Material Matters. Readings on the Material Turn
• 080058 UE Course: Reading Course "Theory"
• 080063 UE Course: Digital Art History: Introduction to Network Analysis
• 080066 UE Course at the mumok: Tobias Pils. Shh
• 080073 VO From Impressionism to Cubism
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080095 VO [ en ] Giants and Other Mirabilia in the Medieval City
• 080107 UE [ en ] Course: Coding, Automating, and Visualizing Art History
• 080119 UE Course: Vienna Actionism Revisited
• 110203 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Anfänger*innen)
• 110208 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Fortgeschrittene)

M 11: Master’s Thesis (5 ECTS)

• 080034 SE [ de en ] Thesis Seminar
• 080037 SE Course: Practical Applications
• 080046 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080057 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080064 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080068 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080078 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080089 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080112 SE Thesis Seminar
• 080120 SE Thesis Seminar

Recommended Lectures of other Departments

• 090085 VO The Imperial Image in the Age of Iconoclasm - Byzantine Numismatics from the Isaurian to the Macedonian Dynasty
• 090100 VU [ de en ] Digital Byzantium: Technologies, Tools, and Methodologies
• 110203 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Anfänger*innen)
• 110208 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Fortgeschrittene)

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
• 080025 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture
• 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)

• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges
• 080005 VO The Macedonian Dynasty: Emperor, Society & Culture
• 080013 VO Art History Survey III
• 080017 VO Rubens and Italy
• 080026 VO Hegemonic Masculinities in Contemporary Art - Critical Perspectives in Art and Art History
• 080039 VO Methods of Art History
• 080073 VO From Impressionism to Cubism
• 080081 VO Graphic Techniques
• 080095 VO [ en ] Giants and Other Mirabilia in the Medieval City

European Ethnology

Bachelor European Ethnoloy (623 [3] - Version 2019)

• 080086 OV ( OV ) Orientation Course Bachelor European Ethnology

Introductory and Orientation Period (20 ECTS)

B110 Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• 070138 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

B120 Introduction to European Ethnology (15 ECTS)

• 080090 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: B121 Introduction to European Ethnology
• 080091 PS ( STEOP ) STEOP: B122 Academic Research and Writing
• 080096 PS ( STEOP ) STEOP: B123 Introduction to European Ethnology

Emphasis Phase (45 ECTS)

B200 Fields of Research in European Ethnology (15 ECTS)

• 080012 PS B210 Fields of Research: Societal Dimensions of Ethnographic Research
• 080070 VU B220 Selected Field of Research: Ecology, Spirituality and spiritual ecology
• 080075 VO B230 Special Fields: Materiality Matters - - cultural anthropological perspectives on material culture(s) and materialities

B300 Empirical Methodology (15 ECTS)

• 080082 PS B310 Ethnographic Methodology
• 080079 UE B320 UE Historical Methodology: History in Motion - Sport in the Archive
• 080071 VU B330 Specialised Methodology: Embodied Knowledges and Decolonial Performance as Ethnographic Method - verkörpertes Wissen und Performance als ethnografische Methode in (post-)kolonialen Räume.

B400 Theories of Culture (15 ECTS)

• 080087 PS B410 Theories of Culture
• 080009 VU [ en ] B420 Theories of Culture: Queer Nightlife as a Joyful Resistance
• 080001 VO Museum 360°: Perspectives, Debates and Challenges

Research Phase (40 ECTS)

B500 Space as a Category of Cultural Analysis (13 ECTS)

• 080069 SE [ de en ] B510 Space as a Category in n Cultural Analysis: Ruins and their discontents
• 080077 EX B520 EX Space: Doing University - Ethnographic insights into the 45th congress of the dgekw "Surprise, Chance, Contingency"

B600 Analysis of Society in Cultural Studies (13 ECTS)

• 080072 SE B610 Society: "Olfactory ethnography" - Perceiving the world through the nose
• 080010 VU B620 Society:

B700 Fields of Professional Practice (14 ECTS)

• 080101 VU B710 Cultural Studies Workshop 1: Exploring inclusion in museums - a practice-oriented case-study of Wien Museum
• 080088 VU B720 Cultural Studies Workshop 2:
• 080008 KU B730 Ethnographic Writing

Final Phase (15 ECTS)

B800 Bachelor (15 ECTS)

• 080011 SE B810 Bachelor`s Seminar

Master European Ethnology (823 [2] - Version 2019)

Compulsory modules (95 ECTS)

M100 Media, Discourse and Representation (13 ECTS)

• 080123 SE M110 Media, Discourse and Representation: Apocalypse Now

M200 Space-Time Configurations (13 ECTS)

• 080092 EX M220 Space-Time Configurations: Excursion 45. Congress DGEKW, Kiel

M300 Cultural Practices and Semiosis in Everyday Life (13 ECTS)

• 080027 SE M310 Cultural Practices and Semiosis in Everyday Life:

M400 Knowledge and Materiality (12 ECTS)

• 080020 SE M410 Knowledge and Materiality: Shipping and the urban everyday - tensions between imagination and materiality
• 080030 VU M420 Knowledge and Materiality: Applying the Biographical Method through Cooking

M500 Methodology and Fields of Work (15 ECTS)

• 080029 SE Materials and Masks, Memory and Faces in Viennese Collections
• 080132 VU M520 Departmental Colloquium: Changing Perspectives. - Historical Anthropology as Transdisciplinary Project
• 080040 UE M530 Fields of Work: - Einführung in die Praxis des Kuratierens von Ausstellungen

M600 Research Project (24 ECTS)

• 080014 SE M630 Project II: Pop city Vienna - Vernacular creativity - urban imaginaries - city marketing
• 080016 UE M640 Interpretation and Writer`s Workshop

M700 Master (5 ECTS)

• 080133 SE M710 Master`s Thesis Seminar

Extension Curriculum European Ethnology: Methods for the Study of Everyday Life (088)

PM1 Methods for Studying Everyday Life in Cultural Studies (15 ECTS)

• 080090 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: B121 Introduction to European Ethnology
• 080082 PS B310 Ethnographic Methodology
• 080071 VU B330 Specialised Methodology: Embodied Knowledges and Decolonial Performance as Ethnographic Method - verkörpertes Wissen und Performance als ethnografische Methode in (post-)kolonialen Räume.

Extension Curriculum European Ethnology: Cultural Analyses of Everyday Life (083 [2] - Version 2019)

PM1 Fields of Research in European Ethnology (5 ECTS)

• 080075 VO B230 Special Fields: Materiality Matters - - cultural anthropological perspectives on material culture(s) and materialities

PM2 Analysis of Society in Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• 080010 VU B620 Society:

PM3 Theories of Culture (5 ECTS)

• 080009 VU [ en ] B420 Theories of Culture: Queer Nightlife as a Joyful Resistance