Course Details
Country:
Germany
Institution:
Freie Universität Berlin (FUBiS) Summer School
Course Title:
Art in Germany from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century
Course Number:
Course Description:
The course will introduce Berlin’s outstanding art collections, with their wide range of masterpieces from late medieval times to the present day. We shall focus throughout on the particular circumstances that shaped the production and reception of German art, especially during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. During this long period, the formation of a German nation state and the problematic notion of a German national identity became intimately connected to the question of a German style and artistic ‘expression’. A special focus will be given to the "Art of the two Germanys" between 1945 and 1989. We shall explore Germany’s vibrant art history by focusing on works by artists like Martin Schongauer and Albrecht Dürer, Caspar David Friedrich, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Adolph Menzel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Joseph Beuys and Anselm Kiefer.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ARTH 303
Attachment Files:
2025-VOLLMER_Art-in-Germany_D-Track_en_term_III.pdf
