BA/BS in Kunstgeschichte

Hamburg's bachelor's subject in Art History studies how artworks, along with design, photography and audiovisual media, originate, take shape and exert influence within European culture and history from late antiquity to the present. The subject covers the material and conceptual conditions behind artworks, artistic materials and techniques, the history of artist training, art pedagogy, and art theory and aesthetics, as well as the history of the discipline itself. Students build foundational knowledge of the history and theory of the visual arts together with the methodological skills to work across different periods, genres and research problems within the field. The subject is studied alongside a second subject, is restricted (NC), taught in German, and admits students once a year for the winter semester.