Medieval men and women were captivated and amazed by images. This is because images have the potential of generating psychological, cognitive, and emotional responses while communicating social and cultural ideas and concerns. In recent years...
This course analyzes the interdependence of art and society in Germany from the beginning of the 20th century until the fall of the Berlin Wall with a particular emphasis on the relationship between the state and its official aesthetics on the one...
In the early 2000s, the NY Times has called Spain “the new France”. Since then, Barcelona has become known as a culinary capital of the world, thanks in large part to the legacy of chef Ferran Adrià and his followers. How can we explain this...
This is a survey of the history of opera from its Renaissance-era beginnings to the Classical period. Opera as a performance form will be analyzed in context of pervasive socio-political, artistic, architectural, and musical climates at various...
This is a survey of the history of opera from the Romantic period to the present. Opera as a performance form will be analyzed in context of pervasive socio-political, artistic, architectural, and musical climates at various stages of its development...
The course will aim to enrich students’ general knowledge of the fields of art and fashion over the past century and to give them the keys to a set a good communication strategy. By acquiring a base in the history of fashion and communication...
In recent years technological development has democratized access to audiovisual creation, generating new models of narrative, which have changed our dialogue with reality and its perception, creating new visions of places and people, both in our...
Have the Viennese always eaten schnitzel or wiled away the afternoon in a coffeehouse with strudel and a mélange? How has the history of the Habsburg Empire and the more recent history of the Second Republic affected what the Viennese eat and drink...
A study of the cultural and political importance of Vienna as a 'city' throughout its history, from the strategically important Roman military encampment of Vindobona, through the centuries-long imperial capital of the Habsburg monarchy to the...