This professorship provides education and research in European Art History from the 16^th to the 21^st century. It specializes in post-1800 art production, analyzing differing features of Romanticism within a trans-European frame and further applies a transdisciplinary approach. Lectures and seminars focus on painting and secular and ecclesiastical architecture. Within the context of the 20^th century specific topics such as political iconography, artist associations and peculiar expressions like Land Art are part of the schedule.