MA/MS in Kunstgeschichte

Hamburg's master's in Art History examines how artworks across architecture, sculpture, painting, graphic art and applied art, as well as design, photography and audiovisual media, originate and exert their effect. The degree builds comprehensive knowledge of the history and theory of the visual arts together with the methodological skills needed to work across different periods, genres and research questions, drawing on approaches including political iconography, material iconography, reception aesthetics and the history of scholarship. Students examine the material and conceptual foundations of art, artistic materials and techniques, and the history of artist training, art criticism and aesthetics, working toward independent and critical scholarly work alongside the transfer of methods and knowledge across contexts. The subject is restricted in admission, taught in German, and admits students each winter and summer semester.