052-0807-00L History and Theory of Architecture V

Abstract	History of Art and Architecture since the 1970s
Learning objective	The course target is to let the students gain a overview of a line of formative occurrences, works of art, buildings and theories from the early nineteen-seventies. The students should become sensitive for questions and problems in the field of history and theory and they should increasingly be able to relate their own praxis with historical relations.
Content	The two-semester course offers an introduction to the history of modern and contemporary art and architecture since ca. 1970. Motivated by questions of the current discourse, central topics and exemplary works of art and architecture are discussed. Concepts such as "labor", "economy", "experience", "research", "nature", "diversity" or "surface" are used to focus on specific historical developments and connections. Art and architecture is considered as a field of cultural change as well as an indicator of social, economic, and political conflicts which in turn helps to understand historical dynamics.
Lecture notes	A video documentation of the lecture class is available. https://video.ethz.ch/lectures/d-arch/2019/autumn/052-0807-00L.html
Literature	Philip Ursprung, Die Kunst der Gegenwart: 1960 bis heute, München, Beck, 2019. Philip Ursprung, Der Wert der Oberfläche, Essays zu Kunst, Architektur und Ökonomie, Zürich, gta Verlag, 2017.