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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 (OVSTEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies
PM 2 Introduction to Iconography (5 ECTS)
080063 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)
080014 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)
080011 PS Case Study I: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 2: 1934-1984
080017 PS Case Study I: Nation and History: The Past Represented and Constructed - Myths, Staging, Fiction and Factuality
080018 PS Case Study I: Portraiture in the Northern Renaissance
080019 PS Case Study I: Titian
080031 PS Case Study I: Chinese Buddhist Art during the 5th and 7th Century
080035 PS Case Study I: Roman Art and Architecture under the Popes of the High and Middle Ages
080045 PS Case Study I: Artist and Model: Gender Identities in Modernism
080098 PS Case Study I: Mosaics in Byzantium and Beyond
PM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)
080016 PS Case Study II/III: Book Painting in Early Modern India
080024 PS Case St. II/III: Albrecht Dürer's Oeuvre and its Reception in the Early Modern Period
080026 PS Case Study II/III: The Orchid Pavilion
080037 PS Case Study II/III: Queering Collections. Exhibiting Diversity
080064 PS Case Study II/III: Baroque Painting in Rome
080078 PS [en] Case Study II/III: Painting in the Ottoman Empire
080102 PS Case Study II/III: Synagogues of Vienna
080105 PS Case Study II/III: Reading and Interpreting Medieval Image Cycles
080106 PS Case Study II/III: "The Battle of Algiers". Postcolonial Aesthetics and Freedom
PM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)
080016 PS Case Study II/III: Book Painting in Early Modern India
080024 PS Case St. II/III: Albrecht Dürer's Oeuvre and its Reception in the Early Modern Period
080026 PS Case Study II/III: The Orchid Pavilion
080037 PS Case Study II/III: Queering Collections. Exhibiting Diversity
080064 PS Case Study II/III: Baroque Painting in Rome
080078 PS [en] Case Study II/III: Painting in the Ottoman Empire
080102 PS Case Study II/III: Synagogues of Vienna
080105 PS Case Study II/III: Reading and Interpreting Medieval Image Cycles
080106 PS Case Study II/III: "The Battle of Algiers". Postcolonial Aesthetics and Freedom
Special Topics (30 ECTS)
PM 11 Special Topics (30 ECTS)
080012 UE Research on Islamic Bookpainting
080043 VO Persian Book Painting
080048 VO Post-Socialist Realism. Polish Contemporary Art
080054 VO Gothic Architecture in the German-speaking Countries
Emphasis (10 ECTS)
PM 12 Methods in History of Art and Architecture / Art Theory (5 ECTS)
080103 UE Styles, Modes and Stratagems. Principles of Art Theory, now
PM 13 Practical Applications of History of Art and Architecture (5 ECTS)
080093 UE From Conception to Exhibition: Insights into Museum Practices
Final Phase (25 ECTS)
PM 14 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)
080020 EX Viennese Art: Sixteenth-Century Netherlandish Painting in Viennese Collections
080021 EX Art in Vienna: Venetian Renaissance Painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
080066 EX [en] Viennese Art: Islamic Art in Vienna
080095 EX Viennese Art: Sculpture of the 19th and early 20th Century in Public Space
PM 15 Seminar I (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
PM 16 Seminar II (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
Bachelor History of Art (635 [2] - Version 2011)
Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)
BM 1 Introductory Course History of Art (5 ECTS)
080117 VO (OVSTEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Art History: Selected Studies
BM 2 Introduction to History of Art I (5 ECTS)
080063 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
BM 3 Introduction to History of Art II (5 ECTS)
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)
080014 VO Art History Survey II
BM 7 Modern and Contemporary Periods (5 ECTS)
Case Studies (20 ECTS)
BM 8 Case Study I (10 ECTS)
080011 PS Case Study I: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 2: 1934-1984
080017 PS Case Study I: Nation and History: The Past Represented and Constructed - Myths, Staging, Fiction and Factuality
080018 PS Case Study I: Portraiture in the Northern Renaissance
080019 PS Case Study I: Titian
080031 PS Case Study I: Chinese Buddhist Art during the 5th and 7th Century
080035 PS Case Study I: Roman Art and Architecture under the Popes of the High and Middle Ages
080045 PS Case Study I: Artist and Model: Gender Identities in Modernism
080098 PS Case Study I: Mosaics in Byzantium and Beyond
BM 9 Case Study II (5 ECTS)
080016 PS Case Study II/III: Book Painting in Early Modern India
080024 PS Case St. II/III: Albrecht Dürer's Oeuvre and its Reception in the Early Modern Period
080026 PS Case Study II/III: The Orchid Pavilion
080037 PS Case Study II/III: Queering Collections. Exhibiting Diversity
080064 PS Case Study II/III: Baroque Painting in Rome
080078 PS [en] Case Study II/III: Painting in the Ottoman Empire
080102 PS Case Study II/III: Synagogues of Vienna
080105 PS Case Study II/III: Reading and Interpreting Medieval Image Cycles
080106 PS Case Study II/III: "The Battle of Algiers". Postcolonial Aesthetics and Freedom
BM 10 Case Study III (5 ECTS)
080016 PS Case Study II/III: Book Painting in Early Modern India
080024 PS Case St. II/III: Albrecht Dürer's Oeuvre and its Reception in the Early Modern Period
080026 PS Case Study II/III: The Orchid Pavilion
080037 PS Case Study II/III: Queering Collections. Exhibiting Diversity
080064 PS Case Study II/III: Baroque Painting in Rome
080078 PS [en] Case Study II/III: Painting in the Ottoman Empire
080102 PS Case Study II/III: Synagogues of Vienna
080105 PS Case Study II/III: Reading and Interpreting Medieval Image Cycles
080106 PS Case Study II/III: "The Battle of Algiers". Postcolonial Aesthetics and Freedom
Special Topics (20 ECTS)
BM 11 Special Topics A (10 ECTS)
080048 VO Post-Socialist Realism. Polish Contemporary Art
080054 VO Gothic Architecture in the German-speaking Countries
BM 12 Special Topics B (10 ECTS)
010057 SE Orthodox Liturgy and Iconography - a byzantine symbiosis and its actual relevance - Eastern Orthodox Liturgics
080012 UE Research on Islamic Bookpainting
080043 VO Persian Book Painting
In-Depth Studies (20 ECTS)
BM 13 Methods/Theories in History of Art (5 ECTS)
080103 UE Styles, Modes and Stratagems. Principles of Art Theory, now
BM 14 Fields of Practice in History of Art (5 ECTS)
080093 UE From Conception to Exhibition: Insights into Museum Practices
080100 UE How to Describe Works of Art? Exercise for STEOP-Assistants
BM 15 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)
080043 VO Persian Book Painting
080048 VO Post-Socialist Realism. Polish Contemporary Art
Final Stage (25 ECTS)
BM 16 Art in Vienna (5 ECTS)
080020 EX Viennese Art: Sixteenth-Century Netherlandish Painting in Viennese Collections
080021 EX Art in Vienna: Venetian Renaissance Painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
080066 EX [en] Viennese Art: Islamic Art in Vienna
080095 EX Viennese Art: Sculpture of the 19th and early 20th Century in Public Space
BM 17 Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis I (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
BM 18 Seminar and Bachelor's Thesis II (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
Master’s programme in History of Art and Architecture (835)
M 1: Specialisation I (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
M 2: Specialisation II (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
M 3: Specialisation III (10 ECTS)
080015 SE Seminar: Basic Concepts of the Architectural Theory of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries: - From "Character" to "Atmosphere"
080022 SE SE: Vasari & his Co-Authors: Artist, Historiographer, Architect - and the Rise of the Mod. Art World
080023 SE Seminar: The Pope Wrote "just as Michelangelo wants": - A source-based Analysis of Decision-making Processes in Early Modern Art
080028 SE Seminar: Culture of Construction and Building Operation: Examples from the Middle Ages
080038 SE Seminar: The Funeral Monuments of the Habsburgs in European Comparison
080039 SE Seminar: Site Specificity. Emergence and Transformations of a Paradigm of Contemporary Art
080041 SE Seminar: Vienna Facades: Medieval and Early Modern
080047 SE Seminar: Documentary Strategies in East-European Art
080051 SE Seminar: Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
080052 SE Seminar: Eighteenth-Century Women Painters of the Académie Royale in Paris
080060 SE Seminar: Giuseppe Castiglione (1668-1776) and the Reception of European Art in East Asia
080062 SE Seminar: Art Collecting in Vienna (17th to 19th Century)
080065 SE Seminar: Art in Public Space: European Monuments frm 1800 till Today
080083 SE Seminar: Social Housing in Vienna, Part 3: From 1984 up to the Present
080086 SE Seminar: Symbolism in Central Europe
080094 SE Seminar: Italian Painting (13th-15th century)
080099 SE Seminar:
080104 SE Seminar:
M 4: Field Trip: Austria in its Historical Context (5 ECTS)
080009 EX Field Trip: Sites for Contemporary Art
080013 EX Field Trip: Graz
080081 EX Field Trip: Lower Austria
M 5: Field Trip: Beyond Austria
080007 EX Field trip: Budapest
080010 EX Field Trip: Peloponnes
080033 EX Field Trip: Chinoiserie in Czechia and Germany
080059 EX Field Trip: Sicily
M 6: Preparation for the Master’s Thesis (5 ECTS)
080032 SE Thesis Seminar
080044 SE [de en] Thesis Seminar
080046 SE Thesis Seminar
080049 SE Thesis Seminar
080055 SE Thesis Seminar
080057 SE Thesis Seminar
080061 SE Thesis Seminar
080068 SE Thesis Seminar
080076 SE Thesis Seminar
080080 SE Thesis Seminar
080084 SE Thesis Seminar
080089 SE Thesis Seminar
M 7: Practical Applications of History of Art and Architecture (5 ECTS)
080093 UE From Conception to Exhibition: Insights into Museum Practices
080100 UE How to Describe Works of Art? Exercise for STEOP-Assistants
M 8: Methods/ Theory (5 ECTS)
080103 UE Styles, Modes and Stratagems. Principles of Art Theory, now
M 9: Emphasis: History of Art and Architecture (15 ECTS)
080012 UE Research on Islamic Bookpainting
080043 VO Persian Book Painting
080048 VO Post-Socialist Realism. Polish Contemporary Art
080054 VO Gothic Architecture in the German-speaking Countries
080108 UE Being Refugee in the Visual Arts of the Second Republic
M 10: Individual Focus (15 ECTS)
080012 UE Research on Islamic Bookpainting
080043 VO Persian Book Painting
080048 VO Post-Socialist Realism. Polish Contemporary Art
080054 VO Gothic Architecture in the German-speaking Countries
080100 UE How to Describe Works of Art? Exercise for STEOP-Assistants
M 11: Master’s Thesis (5 ECTS)
080032 SE Thesis Seminar
080044 SE [de en] Thesis Seminar
080046 SE Thesis Seminar
080049 SE Thesis Seminar
080055 SE Thesis Seminar
080057 SE Thesis Seminar
080061 SE Thesis Seminar
080068 SE Thesis Seminar
080076 SE Thesis Seminar
080080 SE Thesis Seminar
080084 SE Thesis Seminar
080089 SE Thesis Seminar
080122 SE Course: Practical Applications
Information on Complementary Courses from Other Departments
010123 VO [en] Introducing East Asian Religious Arts
090116 SE Patriarch Photios and his three emperors
Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture - Basics (...)
PM1 - History of Art and Architecture - Basics (15 ECTS)
080014 VO Art History Survey II
080025 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to the Terminology and Morphology of Architecture
080063 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Iconography
Extension curriculum: History of Art and Architecture - Emphasis (087)
PM1 History of Art and Architecture - Emphasis (15 ECTS)
080014 VO Art History Survey II

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