Universität Wien

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

080093 OV ( OV ) Orientation Event for New Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in History of Art and Architecture

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

EXAM Modul exam: STEOP Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies
080117 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies

PM 2 Introduction to Iconography (5 ECTS)

EXAM Modul exam: STEOP Introduction to Iconography
080002 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography

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

EXAM 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)

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)
080104 PS Case Study II/III: Re-Focused: Islamic Architecture in Historic Photographs - at the University of Vienna
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)
080104 PS Case Study II/III: Re-Focused: Islamic Architecture in Historic Photographs - at the University of Vienna
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 ( MIXED ) 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 ( MIXED ) 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
080084 EX Viennese Art: Contemporary Painting in Vienna
080102 EX Viennese Art: What is "Contemporary Art"? Analyzing and Critiquing Art in the Present
080109 EX Viennese Art: Contemporary Female Artists in Vienna

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
080083 SE The Apparatus of Painting in Modern and Contemporary Art: Hand, Eye, Feet, Mouth
080099 SE Islamic Art in Israel and the Syrian Lands: The New Art under Umayyad Rule
080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
080108 SE Caravaggio and his Contemporaries
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
080083 SE The Apparatus of Painting in Modern and Contemporary Art: Hand, Eye, Feet, Mouth
080099 SE Islamic Art in Israel and the Syrian Lands: The New Art under Umayyad Rule
080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
080108 SE Caravaggio and his Contemporaries
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
080083 SE The Apparatus of Painting in Modern and Contemporary Art: Hand, Eye, Feet, Mouth
080099 SE Islamic Art in Israel and the Syrian Lands: The New Art under Umayyad Rule
080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
080108 SE Caravaggio and his Contemporaries
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
080083 SE The Apparatus of Painting in Modern and Contemporary Art: Hand, Eye, Feet, Mouth
080099 SE Islamic Art in Israel and the Syrian Lands: The New Art under Umayyad Rule
080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
080108 SE Caravaggio and his Contemporaries
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
080083 SE The Apparatus of Painting in Modern and Contemporary Art: Hand, Eye, Feet, Mouth
080099 SE Islamic Art in Israel and the Syrian Lands: The New Art under Umayyad Rule
080100 SE Gothic Sculpture: Image - Idol - Simulacrum
080105 SE St. Stephan´s Cathedral und its Medieval Furnishing and Decor
080108 SE Caravaggio and his Contemporaries
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 [ de en ] 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
080076 SE Thesis Seminar
080078 SE Thesis Seminar
080089 SE Thesis Seminar
080098 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 ( MIXED ) 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 ( MIXED ) 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 ( MIXED ) 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
080076 SE Thesis Seminar
080078 SE Thesis Seminar
080089 SE Thesis Seminar
080098 SE Thesis Seminar
080112 SE Thesis Seminar
080120 SE Thesis Seminar

Recommended Lectures of other Departments

010044 SE Icons - Fundamentals, Approaches, Practice
060099 KU Coins in a Museum. Planning a Numismatic Exhibition
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
090111 SE The cult of saints and hagiography in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
110099 UE [ fr ] Optional Course - L'histoire de l’art en français
110203 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Anfänger*innen)
110208 UE [ it ] Optional Course - Italienisch für die kunsthistorische Praxis (Fortgeschrittene)
142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
142222 VO [ en ] Transcultural and Transnational Cultural Developments in South Asia in the 19th and 20th Century
142223 UE [ en ] Exploring Visual Resources and Material Culture from South Asia in European Archives
142224 UE [ en ] The Transcendent Dance Partner: An Introduction to Indian Culture through Performing Arts

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 ( 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 ( MIXED ) Graphic Techniques
080095 VO [ en ] Giants and Other Mirabilia in the Medieval City

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