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Aesthetics, Art and Design Studies, and Musicology


Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Aesthetics, Art and Design Studies, and Musicology
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Cultural Management, Master, regulation 01.10.2026
Module code: KMM-140
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4VU+4S (8 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
See the Elective Course Catalog

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Exam recurrence:
The information regarding exam recurrence is found within the exam regulation of the study programme.
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

KMM-140 Cultural Management, Master, regulation 01.10.2026 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
120 class hours (= 90 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 90 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. phil. Christian Bauer
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. phil. Christian Bauer
Prof. Dr. Matthias Handschick
Prof. Dr. Jörg Abbing
Dr. Andreas Bayer
wechselnde Dozierende


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Learning outcomes:
 
Aesthetics, Art and Design Studies
 
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
 
o        describe the fundamental characteristics of art historical eras from the Middle Ages to the present through independent scientific research and understand central aspects of specific and superordinate characteristics of respective phases of artistic development based on major works of art history.
o        apply art historical methods of image and work analysis as instruments for interpreting works of fine art.
o        describe various genres of visual art (including painting, graphic art and drawing, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, new media) and place them in their respective temporal and cultural-historical contexts.
o        identify main artistic themes and phenomena from various eras and compare and analyze them across eras and genres.
         explore images and visual worlds from everyday and popular culture (e.g., advertising, digital interactive gaming environments) as a topic of study, based on standards from the fields of art and design studies.
 
Musicology
 
Taking the history of music as an example:
 
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
 
o        classify musical works stylistically and historically,
o        recognize interpretive characteristics qualitatively and differentiate them from one another with regard to certain formal principles.
o        Students will be sufficiently informed about the various developments in the history of music
o        and will be able to independently evaluate and plan a music curriculum from a programmatic perspective


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Module content:
Aesthetics, Art and Design Studies
 
o        An overview of developments in art history from the Middle Ages to the present; basic knowledge of art and architectural history as well as art and architectural theory; basic knowledge of the various genres and media in the visual arts
o        Knowledge of major works of art history and their classification in historical and intellectual contexts
o        Art historical methods used to describe and analyze images or works of art
o        Comparisons of artistic approaches, themes, and aesthetic phenomena across eras and genres
o        The integration of so-called non-artistic images and visual worlds—drawn, for example, from advertising, everyday aesthetics, and popular culture—and their ethical implications.
 
 
Musicology
 
Taking the history of music as an example:
 
o        Musical epochs from the beginnings to the First Viennese School

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Teaching methods/Media:
 
Seminar or lecture


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Recommended or required reading:
Aesthetics, Art and Design Studies
 
o        Bauer, C. (2022), Ethik für Designer, AV Edition, Stuttgart.
o        Belting, H. (1990), Bild und Kult, C.H. Beck, München.
o        Belting, H. (1998), Das unsichtbare Meisterwerk. Die modernen Mythen der Kunst, C.H.Beck, München.
o        Belting, H. (Hrsg.) (2007), Bilderfragen. Die Bildwissenschaft im Aufbruch, C.H. Beck, München.
o        Boehm, G. (Hrsg.) (1994), Was ist ein Bild?, Wilhelm Fink, München.
o        Böhme, G. (1990), Theorie des Bildes, Wilhelm Fink, München.
o        Brandes, U., Erlhoff, M., Schemmann, N. (2009), Designtheorie und Designforschung, utb, Paderborn.
o        Brassat, W., Kohle, H. (Hrsg.) (2003), Methoden-Reader Kunstgeschichte, DuMont, Köln.
o        Edelmann, K. T., Terstige G. (Hrsg.) (2010), Gestaltung denken. Grundlagentexte zu Design und Architektur, Birkhäuser, Basel.
o        Gombrich, E.H. (1977), Die Geschichte der Kunst, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart/Zürich.
o        Kultermann, U. (1990), Geschichte der Kunstgeschichte, C.H. Beck, München.
o        Kultermann, U. (1989), Kleine Geschichte der Kunsttheorie. Von der Vorgeschichte bis zur Gegenwart, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt.
o        Locher, H. (2023), Kunsttheorie. Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, C.H. Beck, München.
o        Marek, K., Schulz, M. (Hrsg.) (2015), Kanon Kunstgeschichte, 4 Bde., Wilhelm Fink, Paderborn.
o        Poeschel, S. (2007), Handbuch der Ikonographie. Sakrale und profane Themen der bildenden Kunst, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt.
o        Reck, H. U. (2019), Kritik der Kreativität, Herbert von Halem, Köln.
o        Ullrich, W. (2009), Raffinierte Kunst. Übungen von Reproduktionen, Wagenbach, Berlin.
 
Musicology
         
-        Budde, E. (1999), Handbuch der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert, Laaber-Verlag, Laaber.
-        Dahlhaus, C., Danuser, H. (1979), Neues Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft, 13 Bände, Laaber-Verlag, Wiesbaden/Laaber.
-        Keil, W. (2014), Musikgeschichte im Überblick, Metzler, Stuttgart.


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