Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to: 1. Identify the major museums, galleries and sites of historical interest in the city designated for this fieldtrip; 2. Describe and discuss the city's collections, their formation and history, and the key artists and architects discussed; 3. Understand the interface between art, culture and politics that shaped the museums and other sites of interest to this module. 4. Relate knowledge acquired in class to the art history of the city which we shall be visiting. 5. Attend classes and hand in work, punctually and without recourse to any resources that might compromise academic integrity/ originality - specifically AI tools and other non scholarly web-based resources (these are not appropriate to this module).
Indicative Module Content:
Major sites to be visited include Museum Island and the Cultural Forum, as well as sites of memory and of architectural interest. The emphasis will be on European art and German architecture of the fifteenth through the early twenty-first century, and on eighteenth through twentieth century German collecting of the same, as well as on contemporary display strategies.