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This course challenges students to think about issues of gender and sexuality in painting. Its focus is Amsterdam in the Golden Age, a particularly fascinating episode in the social and art historical history of the Netherlands. The course offers an...
This course introduces students to the history of Renaissance art with a special focus on the city of Milan and its most illustrious citizen, Leonardo da Vinci. More than simply a backdrop for Leonardo's achievements, Milan is considered here as his...
This course provides a critical investigation of the history, forms, contexts, and reception of memorials in Central Europe, particularly Vienna. The purpose of the course is not only to provide an overview of the methods for creating public...
The course provides a general introduction to the architecture of London from the 17th century to the present day. It examines the transformation of the city from a medieval to a recognizably modern metropolis; a change accelerated by the Great Fire...
The content of this course depends on current art exhibitions shown in Vienna at the time of the IES Abroad, Vienna Spring Term. These major and international exhibitions are singular events; the course content therefore changes from semester to...
This course provides a critical account of Renaissance and Baroque painting north and south of the Alps, with a special emphasis on works housed in Viennese collections. The purpose of the course is not only to provide an overview of Renaissance and...
The course is an introduction to the urban development of Rome from the Iron Age hut settlements on the Palatine hill to the city’s decline in Late Antiquity. It will examine the different phases of Rome’s topographical transformations by looking at...
The course is an introduction to the urban development of Rome from the Iron Age hut settlements on the Palatine Hill to the city’s decline in Late Antiquity. It will examine the different phases of Rome’s topographical transformations by looking at...
The course is an introduction to the urban development of Rome from the Iron Age hut settlements on the Palatine Hill to the city’s decline in Late Antiquity. It will examine the different phases of Rome’s topographical transformations by looking at...