Digital Teaching
Moodle
Course Contents
We will examine examples from the Middle Ages to the 19th century in order to gain an overview of the presence of architecture in painting. Therefore we will start with the frescoes of the Arena Chapel in Padua and also look at examples of late medieval illumination. We will then look at, among other things, the use of central perspective to construct architectural spaces in paintings by Perugino and Raphael. With reference to Renaissance and Baroque examples, we will discuss the notions of capriccio, vedute, ideal vision and reconstruction (Albrecht Altdorfer, Canaletto). The spheres of dioramas, panoramas, and theatrical painting in the 18th and 19th centuries will also be explored in the seminar (Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Karl Friedrich Schinkel). The role of architecture as a religious or emotional carrier of meaning in painting will be addressed, using Caspar David Friedrich and Arnold Böcklin as examples.
Literature
Steil, Lucien (Hrsg.): The architectural Capriccio. memory, fantasy and invention, Farnham 2014.
Expected Number of Participants
25
Further Grading Information
Introductory session on Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in room L301/436.
Achievements to be made for participation in the seminar:
- reading of texts on a regular basis (scans will be uploaded on moodle)
- short presentation or protocol (more information in the introductory session)
Graded performance:
- paper on a question developed during the seminar (can be submitted in German or English)
Official Course Description
Architecture has repeatedly become the subject of painting and has been restaged and reinterpreted many times through this media transformation. In paintings, both realized buildings and purely imaginary fantasy architectures are depicted. The particular way architecture is represented in the picture points to a multitude of different interpretations and possible instrumentalizations of architecture in the history of painting.
Additional Information
3 CP
Online Offerings
Moodle
Moodle
Course Contents
We will examine examples from the Middle Ages to the 19th century in order to gain an overview of the presence of architecture in painting. Therefore we will start with the frescoes of the Arena Chapel in Padua and also look at examples of late medieval illumination. We will then look at, among other things, the use of central perspective to construct architectural spaces in paintings by Perugino and Raphael. With reference to Renaissance and Baroque examples, we will discuss the notions of capriccio, vedute, ideal vision and reconstruction (Albrecht Altdorfer, Canaletto). The spheres of dioramas, panoramas, and theatrical painting in the 18th and 19th centuries will also be explored in the seminar (Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Karl Friedrich Schinkel). The role of architecture as a religious or emotional carrier of meaning in painting will be addressed, using Caspar David Friedrich and Arnold Böcklin as examples.
Literature
Steil, Lucien (Hrsg.): The architectural Capriccio. memory, fantasy and invention, Farnham 2014.
Expected Number of Participants
25
Further Grading Information
Introductory session on Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in room L301/436.
Achievements to be made for participation in the seminar:
- reading of texts on a regular basis (scans will be uploaded on moodle)
- short presentation or protocol (more information in the introductory session)
Graded performance:
- paper on a question developed during the seminar (can be submitted in German or English)
Official Course Description
Architecture has repeatedly become the subject of painting and has been restaged and reinterpreted many times through this media transformation. In paintings, both realized buildings and purely imaginary fantasy architectures are depicted. The particular way architecture is represented in the picture points to a multitude of different interpretations and possible instrumentalizations of architecture in the history of painting.
Additional Information
3 CP
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Christina Clausen
- Lehrende: Christiane Salge
Semester: WT 2023/24