Universität Wien

080034 UE Views of Rooms, Interior Decoration and the History of Furniture (2013W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 09.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 16.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 23.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 30.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 06.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 13.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 20.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 27.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 04.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 11.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 18.12. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 08.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 15.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 22.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Wednesday 29.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Studies of furniture usually showcase the single pieces without any reference to the interior for which the furniture was originally made. The analysis of form and style of such isolated pieces is possible and allows us to connect the furniture with a certain cultural and date it approximately. However, using this limited methodological approach we will not be able to fully understand the furniture because we lack information on its native environment. Occasionally, pieces were even embedded in a certain decoration of the rooms they came to be used in. Generally, such furniture was made to tie in with its original place of setting; hence often forms, materials and embellishments of furnishings and interior decoration were subject to mutual influences. In consequence, architects in early modern times began to also plan the furnishings of their buildings in order to obtain homogeneous interiors. They did no longer leave the furnishings up to the aesthetic preconceptions of the owners. Therefore, single pieces of furniture can be fully appreciated, only if they can be studied in connection with a complete ensemble.

Assessment and permitted materials

Talks including clearly structured handouts as well as active participation in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

As a first step students are to gain a broad overview of the history of furniture manufacturing, which at the same time reflects the history of interior design. Thus it should become clear that the development and increasing differentiation of rooms has led to significant changes in the furnishings of rooms as well as the design of furniture including the design of completely new types of furniture. Moreover, students are encouraged to realize that representations can often be interpreted differently from standard practice: namely as historical sources important to answer questions of cultural historical relevance.

Examination topics

The course will provide a general survey of the history of interior decoration of secular structures ranging from ancient times to the neoclassical period with a primary focus on interior designs of the baroque and post-baroque styles. A selection of single pieces of furniture, interior representations and published inventories are to be examined to evaluate furniture in the context of the design of their environment. In addition there should be excursions to real sites for students to be able to verify points discussed theoretically in class.

Reading list

Baer, C. H.: Deutsche Wohn- und Festräume aus sechs Jahrhunderten (Bauformen-Bibliothek Bd. 6), Stuttgart 1912
Feulner, Adolf: Kunstgeschichte des Möbels (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, Sonderband II; neubearb. v. Dieter Alfter), München 1980
Kreisel, Heinrich: Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels (bearb. v. Himmelheber, Georg), 3 Bde., 2./3. Aufl., München 1981/1983
Praz, Mario: Die Inneneinrichtung von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, München 1965
Schütz, Karl: Das Interieur in der Malerei, München 2009 1998
Schulze, Sabine (Hrsg.): Innenleben. Die Kunst des Interieurs. Vermeer bis Kabakov, Ausst. Kat. Frankfurt/Main 1998/99, Ostfildern-Ruit
Windisch-Graetz, Franz: Möbelkunst aus vier Jahrhunderten im Stift Kremsmünster, in: Cremifanum 777-1977: Festschrift zur 1200-Jahr-Feier des Stiftes Kremsmünster (Mitteilungen des Oberösterreichischen Landesarchivs, 12), Linz 1977, S. 243-278
Windisch-Graetz, Franz: Möbel Europas, 2 Bde., München 1982-1983

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