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Herbert Dellwing
Herbert Dellwing (1940 – 31 December 2010) was a German art historian and historic preservationist. He lived and work in Speyer and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Life and career Born in Großauheim, Dellwing studied art history from 1960 at the of the Goethe University Frankfurt. From 1964 to 1974, he did research in Italy (Venice, Florence). In 1967, he received his doctorate in art history with a thesis on the architecture of the mendicant orders in the Veneto at the University of Frankfurt. Since 1975, he worked as a curator at the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz in Speyer and Mainz. In 1979, he habilitated and began teaching at the University of Frankfurt. From 1983 he taught art history at the University of Mainz, and since 1987 at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken. Since 1991, he taught as an associate professor of art history at the . From 1991, Dellwing was a member of the board of the Speyer Art Association and curator of exhibitions on cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes related to an ever-evolving definition of art. Art history encompasses the study of objects created by different cultures around the world and throughout history that convey meaning, importance or serve usefulness primarily through visual representations. As a discipline, art history is distinguished from art criticism, which is concerned with establishing a relative artistic value upon individual works with respect to others of comparable style or sanctioning an entire style or movement; and art theory or " philosophy of art", which is concerned with the fundamental nature of art. One branch of this area of study is aesthetics, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associate Professor
Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the ''Commonwealth system''. Overview In the '' North American system'', used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship. In this system an associate professorship is typically the first promotion obtained after gaining a faculty position, and in the United States it is usually connected to tenure. In the ''Commonwealth system'' (Canada included), the title associate professor is traditionally used in place of reader in certain countries.UK Academic Job Titles Explained academicpositions.com Like the reader title it ranks above senior lecturer – which corresponds to asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Preservationists
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Art Historians
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * '' The German'', a 2008 short film * " The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemens Jöckle
Clemens Jöckle (15 April 1950 – 2 June 2014) was a German art historian. From 2001 to 2012, he was the director of the Städtische Galerie Speyer. Life Jöckle was born in . His career was bumpy at first. Author and voluntary commitment Jöckle wrote several art books and compiled an encyclopaedia of saints. He wrote numerous monographs and brochures on artists and buildings as well as exhibition catalogues. For the ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon'', he edited the Palatinate artists. Jöckle endeavoured to promote art and artists and to contribute to the understanding of art. He appeared as a speaker at exhibition openings in Speyer and its environs at museums, art associations and galleries. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Speyer Cultural Foundation as well as chairman of the . Director of the Municipal Gallery Speyer In 2001, Jöckle was appointed sole director of the . After a long political discussion, the gallery had been established in a building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Kallenbach
Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name * Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 1123), German bishop *Reinhard Böhler (1945–1995), German sidecarcross racer *Reinhard Bonnke (1940–2019), German evangelist *Rainhard Fendrich (born 1955), Austrian singer *Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979), German spymaster *Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), German Nazi leader *Reinhard Mey (born 1942), German singer *Reinhard Mohn (1921–2009), German media tycoon * Reinhard Odendaal (born 1980), South African award-winning winemaker *Reinhard Scheer (1863–1928), German admiral *Reinhard Selten (1930–2016), German economist *Reinhard Strohm (born 1942), German musicologist * Reinhard Stupperich (born 1951), German classical archaeologist * Reinhard Wendemuth (born 1948), German rower Persons with the surname *Blaire Rein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Wolff
Arnold Wolff (26 July 1932 – 24 December 2019) was a German architect. He was and head of the Dombauhütte of the Cologne Cathedral from 1972 to 1998. From 1986 to 1997, he was academic teacher for restoration and conservation at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. Life Born in , district of Grevenbroich, Wolff, the son of a teacher couple, grew up with four younger siblings in Kapellen/Erft.Arnold Wolff: ''Lebenslauf''. In the same ''Chronologie der ersten Bauzeit des Kölner Domes 1248-1277.'' RWTH Aachen, Dissertation 1968. Special print of the ''Kölner Domblatt'' 28 and 29 sequel, 1968. J. P. Bachem, Cologne 1968, . Already in his childhood and youth he was interested in historical buildings. He attended the from 1942 to 1954, initially with interruptions due to the war. After one semester of teacher training at the Pädagogische Akademie in Cologne, Wolff studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen from November 1954, where he graduated in autumn 1961. At the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Schock-Werner
Barbara Schock-Werner (born 23 July 1947, Ludwigsburg) is a German architect, and was until her retirement end of August 2012 the master builder at Cologne Cathedral with overall responsibility for conservation and restoration work. With the official title of ''Dombaumeisterin'' (cathedral master builder), she was the first and only woman to hold the position in the cathedral's 800 years history."Dombaumeisterin Barbara Schock-Werner erhält Verdienstorden des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen" , ''Der Kölner Dom'', 8 April 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2012. Biography After an apprenticeship as a draftsman in |
Paul-Georg Custodis
Paul-Georg Custodis (born 13 January 1940) is a German architect and historic preservationist. Career Custodis, Great-great-great-nephew of the royal court architect , was born in Hanover during World War II.Die Loreley: ein Fels im Rhein, ein deutscher Traum'' Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2004, , The war years and the post-war period overshadowed his childhood. He comes from a Cologne family. From 1959 to 1966, he studied architecture at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Subsequently, he trained for the higher civil engineering administrative service of the federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen.Buchankündigung zu „Vom Backen, Brauen, Keltern und Gerben“'' Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, 2017, . Custodis was head of the planning department of the city of Brühl (Rheinland) from 1969 to 1973. He then held a number of posts at the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate from 1973 until his retirement in 2005: research fellow, area officer and finally const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Brönner
Wolfgang Dieter Brönner (born 17 November 1940) is a German art historian and historic preservationist. From 1991 to 2005, he was the of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate in Mainz. Life Born in Berlin, Brönner studied law at the universities of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, the University of Lausanne and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn from 1961, before staying in Bonn in 1965 to study Art History and Classical Archaeology. In 1971, he passed the . In the same year he was awarded a degree in art history by Heinrich Lützeler with a thesis on "French architectural theory of the 17th century"'' Rheinische Heimatpflege.'' 43th Jahrgang, Nr. 2, 2006, . to the Dr. phil.''Wolfgang Brönner'' at the Department of Art History of the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
The ''Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek'' ("German Digital Library") or DDB is a virtual library in the German language which networks 30,000 cultural and research institutions and aims to make them freely accessible to the public using a common platform. A beta version of the portal with, according to its own information, about 5.6 million objects, went online on 28 November 2012. The first full version was launched on 31 March 2014. The aim is to integrate the DDB into Europeana Europeana is a web portal created by the European Union containing digitised cultural heritage collections of more than 3,000 institutions across Europe. It includes records of over 50 million cultural and scientific artefacts, brought togethe ... at the European level.Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien: Literature * External links Website der Deutschen Digitalen BibliothekDeutsche Digitale Bibliothek bei TwitterunFacebookDokumentation des API der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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