The project is part of a research group dedicated to various aspects of fundamental relationships between visual arts and techniques. Contrary to such views in art theory and history that imply an opposition between form and material, design and execution, etc., we share a consistent interest in pictorial work processes, the practical pursuits and specific skills on which artistic creation and its transmission were based.
Within this framework, the project focuses on a few selected artistic processes. They are characterized by the fact that factors and contributing causes are implied here, which as such can neither be produced nor completely controlled by the respective artists. These are specific techniques of sculpture and printing processes in the early modern period (16th/17th century) as well as the early modern period (19th century) - in detail, these are, for example, natural casts, natural self-prints, the photogram or the chliché verre.
Based on case studies, the project will show to what extent the outlined cooperative aspect of artistic techne was present and emphasized (or deliberately hidden) in the aesthetics of the works. Furthermore, it will be investigated in which way these contributing factors conditioned and shaped the status of the respective image procedures with regard to categories such as authorship, or authority and appreciation in the environment of other media and arts. Based on these particular image processes, a critical re-reading of some of the narratives that have been influential in art history since the 19th century is also planned.
| Project period | 01.04.2021 - 31.12.2024 |
| Funding body Funding program | FWF International, Joints Projects |
| Grant amount | € 323.064 |
| Unit | Depmartment of Arts and Musicology |
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| Project responsibility | Prof. Dr.phil. Robert Felfe |
| Project team members | Ameli Martha Klein, BA. Mona Schubert, MA. |
| Project homepage | https://techne.hypotheses.org/81 |
