ARTH 251 — Vienna, 1900: "Art Nouveau" in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Spring
Tuesdays
7:00—8:50 pm
Date(s)
May 3—May 31
5 weeks
Drop By
May 16
1 Units
Fees
$225
Format
On-campus course
Open
In the years before World War I, Vienna became a vital
center of innovation in the decorative arts, painting,
and architecture. Jugendstil, as the Germanic variant
of Art Nouveau was called, flourished in the hands of
the craftspeople of the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese
Workshops), the artist Gustav Klimt, and many other
gifted artists and architects. Central to the formation
of this movement were Koloman Moser, Josef Maria
Olbrich, and Josef Hoffmann.
In this course, we will immerse ourselves in the rich cultural life of Vienna during these years, from Mahler and Freud to Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. We will compare and contrast the Viennese Jugendstil with variants in France, England, Scotland, and the United States in order to appreciate the special characteristics of the Viennese artists in their milieu.
The course will end with the tragedy of World War I and the end, too, of the amazing spectacle that was turn-of-the-century Vienna. The course will include new photos and research from the instructor’s recent trip to the Austrian capital.
In this course, we will immerse ourselves in the rich cultural life of Vienna during these years, from Mahler and Freud to Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. We will compare and contrast the Viennese Jugendstil with variants in France, England, Scotland, and the United States in order to appreciate the special characteristics of the Viennese artists in their milieu.
The course will end with the tragedy of World War I and the end, too, of the amazing spectacle that was turn-of-the-century Vienna. The course will include new photos and research from the instructor’s recent trip to the Austrian capital.
If art history is a passion of yours, you might also be interested in “Stolen Art” and “The Art Market: A Framework for Understanding and Investing.”