German 245 - Arts in Vienna

Institution:

St Olaf College

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Description:

Students encounter firsthand Vienna's rich cultural heritage of museums, theaters, operas, operettas, concerts, coffeehouses. Coursework focuses on the shift in Vienna from the late-19th-century romanticism of the declining Habsburg Empire to an unprecedented modernism in all the arts. Includes study of architecture (Loos) and music (Schonberg), as well as psychology (Freud), science (Mach), and philosophy (Wittgenstein), and the cult of death and suicide of fin-de-siècle Vienna. Offered during Interim.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.stolaf.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 786-2222

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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