Modern Art: Global Perspectives (Kunstgeschichte 3)
Maria Bremer
Institute of Studies in Art and Art Education, Art History
2024W, Vorlesungen (VO), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 semester hours, course number S05207
Description
This lecture provides an introduction to modern art (1800–1950), focusing on European developments within a global context. It discerns the aesthetic transformations of this period, examining their theoretical and institutional foundations while intertwining them with social, historical, and political circumstances ranging from imperialism and colonialism to scientific advancements, urbanization, gender relations, and the repercussions of war, migration, and exile.
Each session will concentrate on a specific theme, exploring it through exemplary case studies from the period. Subjects include pivotal moments in museum, exhibition, and institutional history, the myth of the artist and the gendering of creativity, intersections of race, class, and gender in neoclassicism, as well as of art and science in romanticism. Additionally, topics encompass the (pre-)history of abstraction, processes of appropriation and othering (orientalism, japonisme, primitivism), the emergence of photography and film, connections between avant-garde movements and applied arts (constructivism, productivism, Bauhaus), global futurisms, the Harlem Renaissance, and the impact of migration on artistic practices.
Moreover, the course provides a comparative analysis of historiographical approaches to the modern period, examining concepts such as contact, multiplicity, transnationalism, transculturalism, and entanglement, which expand and challenge traditional narratives of European art history. Eventually, a guest lecture will focus on modern art in Eastern Europe in critical engagement with center-periphery models.
Examination Modalities
Written exam, available in either English or German.
Key Words
Art, Art history, Introduction, Modern art, Modernism, Modernity, Avantgardes, Globalization, Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Film, Applied arts, Museum history, Exhibition history, Metropoles, Artist myth, Gender relations, Migration, Cultural appropriation, Entangled histories, Plural modernities, Transcultural art history
Dates
07 October 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
14 October 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
21 October 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
28 October 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
04 November 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
11 November 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
18 November 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
25 November 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
02 December 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
09 December 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
16 December 2024, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
13 January 2025, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium
20 January 2025, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium (guest lecture)
27 January 2025, 13:30–15:00 Auditorium (examination)
Course Enrolment
From 26 August 2024, 00:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: GO: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 067/003.11
Art Education: subject kkp (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 067/003.19
Art Education: subject kkp (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: GO: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 067/003.11
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: GO: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 074/003.11
Art Education: subject dex (Bachelor): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: FOR: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 074/003.19
Art Education: subject dex (Enhancements study): Wissenschaftliche Praxis: GO: Kunstgeschichte (1-4), VO 074/003.11
Transformation Studies. Art x Science (Bachelor): Focus! Transformation Areas: Cultural Transformation 162/040.40
TransArts - Transdisciplinary Arts (Bachelor): Theoretical foundations: Theoretical foundations 180/003.01
Expanded Museum Studies (Master): Electives: Art History 537/080.10
Stage Design (1. Section): Kunsttheorie und Kulturwissenschaften: Kunstgeschichte 542/107.01
Stage Design (2. Section): Kunsttheorie und Kulturwissenschaften: Kunstgeschichte 542/207.01
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (1. Section): Wissenschaftlich theoretische und historische Grundlagen: Kunstgeschichte 566/108.12
Media Arts: Specialisation in Transmedia Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie und Geschichte : Kunstgeschichte 566/208.12
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (1. Section): Wissenschaftlich theoretische und historische Grundlagen: Kunstgeschichte 567/108.12
Media Arts: Specialisation in Digital Arts (2. Section): Wissenschaft, Theorie, Geschichte: Kunstgeschichte 567/208.12
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 1: Art History 568/005.03
Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften (Master): Electives Area 2: Art History 568/006.03
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Master): Study Areas 1-3: Study Area 1: Artistic Strategies and Approaches to Art 569/020.01
Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Art History 576/103.02
Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Humanities 576/203.02
Design: Specialisation in Communication Design (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Art History - Cycle 577/103.02
Industrial Design (1. Section): Art and Cultural Studies - Basics: Art History 580/104.08
Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Art History - Cycle 584/103.02
Design: Specialisation in Fashion Design (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Free Elective Pool Methodological and Theoretical Basics 584/103.80
Conservation and Restoration (2. Section): Geisteswissenschaften: Kunstgeschichte (Zyklus) III-IV 588/204.33
Fine Arts (1. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Art History 1-4 (VO) 605/102.10
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Art History 1-4 605/202.03
Fine Arts (2. Section): Scientific and Research Practice: Free Electives out of Scientific and Research Practice 605/202.80
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (1. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Art and Design History 626/103.02
Design: Specialisation in Applied Photography and Time-based Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Basics: Humanities 626/203.02
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Bachelor): Artistic Strategies and Approaches to Art: Foundation 700/001.10
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Bachelor): Artistic Strategies and Approaches to Art: Deepening and Application 700/001.20
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible