Ruck, Antonia
Vorhang zu – Licht an: Projektionsmedien in der Sammlung des Instituts für Europäische Kunstgeschichte
Art history teaching is unimaginable without pictures. Whereas reproductions on paper were passed through the rows of the audience in the 19th century, from around 1900 onwards diapositives on screens or walls made it possible for all viewers simultaneously to look at the pictures displayed. In art history, the parallel use of two projectors became common: comparative viewing was established as a central teaching method.
As part of a class at the Institute for European Art History (winter term 2022/23, led by Dr Alexandra Vinzenz), students studied the imaging devices in the institute's own collection. From the epidiascope to slide projectors from the 1910s onwards and to the 16mm film projector, a representative cross-section is shown in the exhibition and in this catalogue.
