Films depict history. They can help us to put ourselves in the shoes of people who lived in past eras. Films are also a form of art. It becomes particularly fascinating, then, when the art form of film engages with other art forms. In doing so, paintings and moving images influence one another. But how exactly does this happen?
What, for example, does the painter Hans Hohlbein have to do with the film *Elizabeth* (1998)? What influence did the Romantic period have on the 2024 remake of the classic ‘Nosferatu’? How are modern exhibition projects such as documenta translated into the medium of film? And, above all, how does this affect us as viewers?
Using short film clips, we’ll discuss how paintings from the past shape today’s film productions. In doing so, you’ll gain insights into the latest research and teaching within the degree programme at Friedrich Schiller University, which offers a combination of art history and film studies – a programme unique in Germany.
1st lecture series
6.30 pm: The Middle Ages in ‘Elizabeth’ (1998)
6.50 pm: Around 1800 in ‘Nosferatu’ (2024)
7.10 pm: ‘documenta’ in film
2nd lecture series
8.30 pm: The Middle Ages in ‘Elizabeth’ (1998)
8.50 pm: Around 1800 in *Nosferatu* (2024)
9.10 pm: ‘documenta’ on film