GERM 2205 Vienna Art & Architecture

Must apply through the Office of Global Education This summer study abroad course on location in Vienna, Austria centers on the city and the cultural achievements of key protagonists from the fields of fine art, applied art, and architecture. After developing a base knowledge of Gothic and Baroque architecture, the course draws a line from Historicism, the style prevailing in the second half of the 19th century, to Art Nouveau, the style of the young, and provides an outlook on the Austrian type of Expressionism and modernism in architecture. Vienna will serve as an example of the movement of artistic movements between the European centers: Baroque from Rome to Vienna, Art Nouveau in Paris and Vienna, Wiener Werksttte to Weimar Germany Bauhaus, and Expressionism between Vienna and Berlin. Students will submit written reflections and a photographic typology as a final project. Taught in English.