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29 August 2022

Art criticism in the era of social media

While there is no accounting for taste, it is perhaps possible to explain and understand taste. In her project “Aesthetic Practice and the Critical Faculty”, the philosopher Iris Laner explores what aesthetic education means at school and for our everyday lives. This much is undisputed: being trained in how to deal with images can facilitate […] Continue reading “Art criticism in the era of social media”

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17 January 2022

The colourful world of early printed works

For three and a half years, the art historian Michael Viktor Schwarz, in collaboration with other scholars, catalogued the illuminations in early printed works in the possession of the Austrian National Library. The project not only provides answers to questions of art history, but also supplies insights into the beginnings of the “book industry” and […] Continue reading “The colourful world of early printed works”

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23 April 2019

Colour – a link between art and medicine

In 16th century England, exchanging information about certain substances, such as pigments, helped the two disciplines of art and medicine to become more professional. At the time, knowledge about cosmetic products also constituted an integral part of natural science know-how. Continue reading “Colour – a link between art and medicine”

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20 February 2017

Opera and politics

The Vienna State Opera is an institution, an icon of high culture, far removed from everyday concerns. Or is it? With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research team from Vienna examined the interaction between prevailing political contexts and the opera house’s programme. Continue reading “Opera and politics”

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