History of the Arts and Cultural History

The B.A. course in Art and Cultural History is interdisciplinary and integrates the subjects Classical Archeology, Art History, Musicology, European Ethnology / Folklore and European Regional History as well as Bavarian and Swabian regional history. Accordingly, he devotes himself to sensually experienceable, artistically designed and socially lived, remembered and reflected culture. The diverse cultural manifestations are treated both historically and to the present. The degree program thus offers students insights into the subject areas of the respective subdisciplines and at the same time the opportunity to devote themselves to interdisciplinary issues from different perspectives.

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The bachelor's program "Art and Cultural History" deals with the visually, acoustically and socially tangible parts of cultural history, such as works of art, music and handicraft, paintings from paintings to utility graphics and photographs, shape the lifeworld in the designed spaces of the cities and individual monuments as well as the musical compositions and how they finally express themselves in the cultural practices and basic convictions. The traces of cultural memory that have been preserved in pictures and buildings, but also in musical works and instruments, as well as the social forms of culture which include, for example, popular culture and social movements, issues of migration or magic, become fundamentally historical Perspectives that reflect their origins and past functions and meanings.

The combination of classical archeology, art history, musicology, European ethnology / folklore and European regional history as well as Bavarian and Swabian country history spans the chronological arc from antiquity to the present. The cultures of Europe are considered in their historically changing extent and in their exchange with each other. In addition, Bavaria and Swabia, with their rich cultural and cultural history, are a focal point of state history. The basis of the interdisciplinary network is formed by the shared historical perspective and the diverse points of contact and linking in the occupational fields. For example, many museums and other institutions unite archaeological, art historical, music historical, folkloric and regional history collections under one roof. For this reason, the degree program conveys knowledge of the subject areas of the disciplines involved as well as the scientific questions, theories and methods that underlie them.

All participating disciplines share the historical-critical perspective and methodology. Classical archeology, art history and musicology deal with the aesthetically demanding works of art as well as with the designed lifeworld from antiquity to the present, while European ethnology / folklore uses the means of empirical social research and the forms of cultural self-understanding in the present and the past Instruments of anthropology and anthropology. The historical foundation is reinforced by European Regional History as well as Bavarian and Swabian regional history, which deals with the regional structures and their cultural institutions.

The program "Art and Cultural History" conveys

• Knowledge in the subject areas of classical archeology, art history, musicology, European ethnology / folklore and European regional history as well as Bavarian and Swabian country history in two respects: in their respective subject-specific form as well as in the connecting perspective.
• Knowledge in the respective subject-specific methods and theories of the participating disciplines as well as the common questions, the cultural, art and image theories and the also common historical-critical methodology.
• the encounter and confrontation with the material and immaterial tradition of Europe, including its changing spheres of influence and exchange. A focal point is the art and cultural landscape of Bavaria and Schwaben with their rich tradition in architecture and fine arts, in cultural traditions and with their outstanding collections and museums.