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080050 PS Case Study I: Basic Questions of Modern Painting in the Wake of Cézanne (2025S)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Th 06.03. 10:45-12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

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After the case study, a mandatory tutorial will be held on seven occasions from 12:30 to 14:00, during which basic methods of art historical research will be explored and discussed.

06.03.25 Introduction
13.03.25 Library Tour (Meeting Point: 12:25, Seminar Room 3)
20.03.25 Reading Academic Texts
27.03.25 Literature Research
03.04.25 Presentations and Image Use
10.04.25 Citations and Bibliography
08.05.25 Thesis

  • Thursday 13.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 20.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 27.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 03.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 10.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 08.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 15.05. 10:45 - 12:45 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 22.05. 10:45 - 12:45 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 05.06. 10:45 - 12:45 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 12.06. 10:45 - 12:45 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25
  • Thursday 26.06. 10:45 - 12:45 Seminarraum 3 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-25

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In European modernist painting, the notion of paintings and images was fundamentally transformed. It was increasingly questioned whether a painting, or image necessarily had to be a representation of something - and of something recognizable. The case study looks at these transformations with a focus on the very heterogeneous work of Paul Cézanne. Based on Cézanne's paintings, we will explore a series of questions: Under what conditions does an arrangement of color spots on a flat surface become a picture? How are the meaning or sense of a painting related to what is shown in it? And how to that of which it consists? How do the duration of seeing and the process of painting relate to the moment frozen in the picture? How does the mobility of the body of the painter and viewer relate to the static image?
As counter-models to Cézanne's work, we will get to know various pictorial systems of the pre-modern tradition, we will take a closer look at Cézanne's relationship to Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism and at the reception and transformation of Cézanne's impulses in Cubism. In addition to selected literature on Cézanne and Cubism, we will discuss some fundamental texts on image theory and methodology.

Assessment and permitted materials

The exploration of the above-mentioned basic questions of painting is accompanied by various shorter written exercises and brief presentations. The final written paper is a longer (15-20,000 characters incl. spaces, plus appendices) description and analysis. In addition to regular attendance, active participation is expected.
(By registering for this course, you agree that the automated plagiarism detection software Turnitin will check all written assignments submitted by you in moodle.)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance is mandatory. In case of absence due to illness or exceptional family circumstances, written documentation must be provided. Successful completion of the course requires the fulfillment of all partial requirements, including participation in all tutorial sessions.
Seminar paper: To uphold standards of academic integrity, the instructor reserves the right to invite students to a grade-related interview after the submission of their paper. Passing this interview is a prerequisite for course completion.

Examination topics

Assessment material is the content of the course.

Reading list

Literature will be provided via Moodle and a course reserve shelf in the library.
An important primary source is the online catalogue raisonné, edited by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash:

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