Teaching
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2024-present)
Seminars:
SS 2025 “Nature in Early Modern Art and Architecture”
Why do historical depictions of nature continue to impress viewers in our industrialized world? How does the theological structure of a sixteenth-century Spanish engraving differ from modern perspectives on ecology? In what ways is the concept of the 'other' expressed in eighteenth-century French garden architecture? Was the realistic turn in eighteenth-century American art influenced by the Enlightenment’s association of the divine with nature? What is the connection between the depiction of St. Sebastian’s body in Ludovico Carracci’s painting and the waste processing in seventeenth-century Rome? This course introduces students to the latest developments in English-language ecocritical art history, exploring the complex relationship between art, architecture, and the natural Environment in 1500–1800 CE.
WS 2024-25 “The art of ornament in theory and practice”
What are ornaments? Do they constitute a semiotic code or merely serve for aesthetic pleasure? What role do they play in constructing power relations related to class, gender, and race? How were and are ornaments involved in environmental discourse? Should we consider modern and contemporary abstractionism a form of ornament? And if yes, what implications does this answer have for reconsidering notions of center and periphery in our cultural landscape? This course will equip students with fundamental knowledge of the history and theory of ornaments, help refine their interpretive skills through diverse theoretical perspectives, and teach them (material) knowledge on practical skills and techniques in ornamental design.
SS 2024 “Textile Studies: Introduction to Materiality and Meaning”
Once unjustly marginalized as mere 'craft,' the captivating world of textiles, with its rich interplay of materiality and semantics, takes center stage in this seminar. We will explore a wide array of artistic textile production (fabrics, clothing, carpets, etc.) and their representations in other visual media against the backdrop of intricate historical developments spanning from Antiquity to the present. The course will acquaint students with aspects of textile materiality, covering fibers` properties, fabric structures, and production technologies. Students will refine their interpretive skills by learning to analyze textile artworks, employing diverse theoretical perspectives, ranging from formalism and semiotics to new materialism and ecocriticism.
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (2001-2022)
Graduate Art History courses:
2010-2022 “Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art”
2021-2022 “Feminism: theory and art practices”
Undergraduate Art History courses:
2008- 2022 “History of Art and Architecture: Prehistoric to Antiquity”
2008- 2022 “History of Art and Architecture: Medieval to Renaissance”
2008- 2022 “History of Art and Architecture: Baroque and Nineteenth-Century”
2008- 2022 “History of Art and Architecture: Modernism to Contemporary”
2008- 2022 “Contemporary Visual Art Practices”
2001- 2008 “History of Ukrainian Art”
2001-2008 “History of World Art”
Other undergraduate courses:
2001-2021 “History of Theatrical Costume”
2020 “History of Culture
2001-2008 “The Cultural Life of Lviv”