Matthias Untermann (born 19 September 1956) is a German art historian and medieval archaeologist.

Life

Born in

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thre ...

, Untermann, son of the Indo-Germanist Jürgen Untermann, studied art history,

classical archaeology Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about ...

and

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

history at the universities of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

and Zurich. In 1984, he was awarded a doctorate in

medieval history In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

under

Günther Binding Günther Binding (born 6 March 1936) is a German art historian and retired professor of art history and urban conservation at the University of Cologne. Life Born in Koblenz, Binding, brother of the later sculptor Wolfgang Binding and uncle ...

in Cologne with the dissertation "Kirchenbauten der

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ...

. Untersuchungen zum Problem einer Ordensbaukunst im 12. Jahrhundert". After Untermann had already worked on numerous excavations and research projects in the

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhineland ...

, in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

and with the city archaeology in

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

during his studies, he became a research assistant at the in 1985. There he worked at the Department of Medieval Archaeology and Building Research in Stuttgart and

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

, focusing on: Archaeology of the buildings of monastic communities as well as urban archaeology. In this context, he carried out several important excavations on urban archaeology in Freiburg.Prof. Dr. Matthias Untermann
on University of Heidelberg In 1998, Untermann habilitated in art history and medieval archaeology at the University of Freiburg under Wilhelm Schlink and Heiko Steuer with the habilitation thesis "Forma Ordinis - Studien zur Baukunst der Zisterzienser im Mittelalter". In the winter semester 1999/2000 he took over the C3 professorship for European Art History, Old Department, at the Institute for European Art History of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität. Untermann is involved with the (DGAMN) and edits its newsletter, which has become an important professional journal through his work. His research interests include: * Medieval sacred architecture and its furnishings, with particular attention to the border areas with archaeology, medieval history and liturgical history. *

Semantics Semantics (from grc, σημαντικός ''sēmantikós'', "significant") is the study of reference, meaning, or truth. The term can be used to refer to subfields of several distinct disciplines, including philosophy, linguistics and compu ...

of medieval architecture * Archaeology of the High and Late Middle Ages, especially in an urban context * Methodological questions in the dialogue between regional history - art history - archaeology - building research.

Publications (selection)

Archaeology of the Middle Ages

* among others (2005): Fragmente eines Benediktinerklosters: St. Georgen im Schwarzwald. In Südwestdt. Beitr. Hausforsch., Jg. 6, . * 2003: Ausgrabungen und Bauuntersuchungen in Klöstern, Grangien und Stadthöfen. Forschungsbericht und kommentierte Bibliographie. Berlin: Lukas-Verlag (Studien zur Geschichte, Kunst und Kultur der Zisterzienser, 17). * with Galioto, Luisa; Löbbecke, Frank (ed.) (2002): Das Haus „Zum roten Basler Stab“ ( Salzstraße 20) in Freiburg im Breisgau. Stuttgart: Theiss (Forschungen und Berichte der Archäologie des Mittelalters in Baden-Württemberg, 25). * with Helmig, Guido; Scholkmann, Barbara (ed.) (2002): Centre, Region, Periphery. Medieval Europe Basel 2002. 3rd International Congress of Medieval and Later Archaeology. 3 volumes. Hertingen. * 2001: Kontinuitätsbrüche: Neue Städte neben römischen Zentren in Süd- und Westdeutschland. In Beitr. Mittelalterarch. Austria, Jg. 17, . * 1997: The deserted medieval town "Münster" in the Black Forest. Archaeological investigation 1995–1997. In Gye de Boe, Frans Verhaeghe (ed.): Urbanism in Medieval Europe. Papers of the 'Medieval Europe Brugge 1997' Conference. Zellik (I.A.P. Rapp, 1), . * 1995: Archäologische Befunde zur Frühgeschichte der Stadt Freiburg. In Schadek, Hans; Zotz, Thomas (ed.): Freiburg 1091 - 1120. Neue Forschungen zu den Anfängen der Stadt. Sigmaringen: Thorbecke (Archäologie und Geschichte, 7), . * 1995: Archäologische Beobachtungen zu den Freiburger Altstadt-Straßen und zur Entstehung der „Bächle“. In Schauinsland, Jg. 114, . * 1995: Das „Harmonie“-Gelände in Freiburg im Breisgau. Stuttgart: Thesis (Forschungen und Berichte der Archäologie des Mittelalters in Baden-Württemberg, 19). * (ed.) 1995: Die Latrine des Augustinereremiten-Klosters in Freiburg im Breisgau. Stuttgart (Materialhefte zur Archäologie in Baden-Württemberg). * (ed.) 1995: Fridolinskult und Hammerschmiede. Neue archäologische Untersuchungen zu Stift und Stadt Bad Säckingen. Stuttgart: Gesellschaft für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Württemberg und Hohenzollern (Archäologische Informationen aus Baden-Württemberg, 31). * 1991: in Steinheim an der Murr. Römisches Bad, Grafenhof, Kloster. Stuttgart: Theiss (Führer zu archäologischen Denkmälern in Baden-Württemberg, 13). * with Gross, Uwe (1987): Mittelalterliche Siedlungsbefunde in Ditzingen, Kreis Ludwigsburg. In: Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg, . * 1984: Die Grabungen auf der Burg Berge (Mons)-Altenberg (Gem. Odenthal, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis). Bonn (Rheinische Ausgrabungen, 25).

History of art

* (1989): ''Der Zentralbau im Mittelalter. Form – Funktion – Verbreitung''. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. * (2001): ''Forma Ordinis. Die mittelalterliche Baukunst der Zisterzienser''. Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag (Kunstwissenschaftliche Studien, 89). * with Günther Binding (2001): ''Kleine Kunstgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Ordensbaukunst in Deutschland''. 3., erg. Aufl. Stuttgart: Theiss. * with Dorothee Bek, Kristina Hahn(2008): ''Klöster in Deutschland. Ein Führer''. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun. * (2009): ''Handbuch der mittelalterlichen Architektur''

References

External links

Homepage an der Universität Heidelberg
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Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit
{{DEFAULTSORT:Untermann, Matthias German art historians German archaeologists Academic staff of Heidelberg University 1956 births Living people People from Tübingen