Professorship for Art History

Organisational unit: Section

Organisation profile

Research and teaching at the Professorship for Art History focuses on the history and theory of art from the Renaissance through Modernism and Postmodernism to the contemporary period. The art of the 20th and 21st centuries is in the foreground. Beyond the classical objects of art history – painting, graphics, sculpture – diverse forms of visual culture are also the subject of study, such as object art, arts and crafts, design, photography, video, installation, performance and new media.

Topics

Die Professur für Kunstgeschichte beschäftigt sich mit Kunst des 18.-21. Jahrhunderts, vor allem französische und deutsche Malerei des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts sowie zeitgenössische Kunst, Theorie und Kulturgeschichte des Bildes, Rezeptionsästhetik, Geschichte und Theorie der Wahrnehmung und der Affekte, Kunsttheorie der Moderne sowie Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis der Kunstkrititk.

  1. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Leben mit Bildern, Leben in Bildern

    Söntgen, B. E., 2016, Sprezzatura: Geschichte und Geschichtserzählung zwischen Fakt und Fiktion. Burkart, L., von Müller, C. & von Müller, J. (eds.). Göttingen : Wallstein Verlag, p. 71-76 6 p.

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    Mon masque appartient à tous: Die selbstdarstellerischen Praktiken Gustave Courbets

    Marchal, S., 2016, Hermeneutik des Gesichts: Das Bildnis im Blick aktueller Forschung. Fleckner, U. & Hensel, T. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 391-410 20 p. (Schriften des Internationalen Warburg Kollegs; vol. 5).

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  4. Published

    Passion, Performance and Soberness: Denis Diderot

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism?: A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 24-25

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    Photographic Premises: Notes on the Exposure of Interiors around 1900

    Brons, F., 2015, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin / Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 261-278 18 p.

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    Practical Formalist: Roger Fry

    Söntgen, B., 2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 62-63

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    Sigrid Kopfermann

    Hosseini, A., 2008, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum – Campusmuseum Sammlung Moderne. Hoppe-Sailer, R. & Wappler, F. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag, p. 59-61 3 p.

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  8. Published

    Structure as Infrastructure: The Interrelation of Fiber and Construction

    Neugärtner, S., 24.10.2022, Architect of Letters: Reading Hilberseimer. Strob, F. (ed.). Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, p. 222–236 15 p. (Bauwelt Fundamente; vol. 174)(Edition Bauhaus; vol. 59).

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    The Stakes of the Stage: Piscator's Scenography as a Practice of Critique and Benjamin's Discontent with the "Zeittheater"

    Woisnitza, M., 2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 297-324 28 p. (Critical stances).

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    Übertragungen: Emotion und Kommunikation bei Chardin

    Söntgen, B., 2015, Von Poussin bis Manet: Die Farben Frankreichs. A-M. B. R. (ed.). München: Hirmer, p. 47 - 57 11 p.

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  11. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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    »Aus des Blutes Stimme«. Vermittlung und (Re)Kontextualisierung von NS-Kunst in der Zeitschrift NS-Frauenwarte

    Marchal, S. & Zeising, A., 2016, Artige Kunst: Kunst und Politik im Nationalsozialismus. Berswordt-Wallrabe, S., Neumann, J-U. & Tieze, A. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, p. 88-102 14 p.

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    Blättern, wenden, wiegen, zahlen: Mediale Konvertierungen und Konversionen in der Malerei um 1500

    Kuhn, H., 2015, Medien des Heiligen. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 97-109 13 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 15).

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    Büchner getanzt: "Leonce und Lena" am Aalto-Theater Essen

    Mordhorst, S., 2008, Industriekathedralen: Schauplatz Ruhr - Jahrbuch zum Theater im Ruhrgebiet. Haß, U. & Hiß, G. (eds.). Berlin: Verlag Theater der Zeit, p. 109 1 p. (Schauplatz Ruhr; vol. 2008).

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    Culture and Capital: Claire Bishop: Place in Plunderland: Claire Bishop on the Shed

    Kipke, A., 2022, Why Art Criticism? : A Reader. Söntgen, B. & Voss, J. (eds.). 1. Auflage ed. Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 428-437 10 p. (Zeitgenössische Kunst).

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    Das Wahre im Künstlichen: Edgar Degas‘ Die Orchestermusiker

    Mordhorst, S., 2015, Monet und die Geburt des Impressionismus. Krämer, F. (ed.). München, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, p. 169-182 14 p.

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  17. Published

    Decorating Charleston Farm house: Bloomsbury's Experiments in Forms of Life, Work, and Art

    Söntgen, B., 28.07.2020, Critique: The Stakes of Form. Khatib, S., Kuhn, H., Lochner, O., Mehl, I. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 139-176 36 p.

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  18. Published

    Der literarische Agent. Peter Hacks’ publizistische Netzwerke

    Klinkenbusch, I. L., 2017, Auslaufmodell »DDR-Literatur«.: Essays und Dokumente. Berbig, R. (ed.). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, p. 71–80 10 p.

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    „Ein äusserst seltener Erfolg.“: Der Literaturzirkel um Peter Hacks

    Klinkenbusch, I. L., 2017, Hacks Jahrbuch 2017. Köhler, K. (ed.). Berlin: Aurora Verlag, p. 45-56 12 p. (Peter Hacks Jahrbuch).

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  20. Published

    Formen der Kunstrezeption in der Moderne: Übertragung (Diderot) und Reflexion (Greenberg)

    Söntgen, B. E., 03.2016, Handbuch Sprache in der Kunstkommunikation. Hausendorf, H. & Müller, M. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 135-152 18 p. (Handbücher Sprachwissen; vol. 16).

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    Formen des Kontakts: Auguste Renoirs Nach dem Mittagessen

    Söntgen, B. E., 2015, Monet und die Geburt des Impressionsmus. Krämer, F. (ed.). München: Prestel Verlag, p. 183-193 11 p.

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  22. Published

    From the Household of the Soul to the Economy of Money: What Are Sixteenth-Century Merchants Doing in the Virgin Mary's Interior?

    Kuhn, H., 2015, Interiors and Interiority. Lajer-Burcharth, E. & Söntgen, B. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 229-246 18 p.

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