Bernhard Graf (art historian)

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Bernhard Graf (born March 27, 1962 in Landshut ) is a German historian , art historian , German scholar and documentary filmmaker .

Life

Bernhard Graf was after his studies in German literature, history and art history in 1990 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in modern German literature at Dietz-Rüdiger Moser with the topic Upper German Jakob Literature - A study on the James cult in Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol doctorate . In 1995 the second, interdisciplinary doctorate followed in the main subjects of art history and history with Hermann Bauer and Friedrich Prinz with the dissertation Discordia inter regnum et sacerdotium - Gregorian artistic desire in the investiture dispute with special consideration of the Lambach frescoes .

Graf has been working as a scriptwriter, director and coach ("We are Bavaria") at Bayerischer Rundfunk since 1985 in the editorial offices of "Church and World", "Cultural Reports", "Medicine", "Art and Literature", "History and Society", " Special projects ”and“ We in Bavaria ”. He has also been teaching at the Ludwig Maximilians University, the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since 1996 . Graf designed numerous historical and art historical exhibitions, including a. for the House of Bavarian History , the Bavarian Ministry of Culture (“Rediscovering Europe on Old Paths”), the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (“Eternally Abroad , Bishop Benno von Meißen”) and for the Munich Show (“A star diamond for Bavaria , Der Blaue Wittelsbacher ", 2011," In gold, stones of faith and the church ", 2013," Gifts from Heaven, meteorites in the course of history and religion ", 2014," Gemstones of sunken high cultures ", 2015," Stone pictures, Italy's Hidden Treasure ", 2016," From the secrecy of nature to the lordly splendor ", 2017," The treasures of the Wittelsbachers, The Bavarian ruling family on Europe's thrones ", 2018," Jewels of fallen dynasties of Europe ", 2019). The focus of his scientific work is the portrayal of history, church, music and art history in film and television as well as the harmony of history and mineralogy. For example, in his work “In the shine of noble stones, The Wittelsbachers and their jewels”, the history of the Wittelsbach house, the great European events, mineralogy and the history of long-distance trade are intertwined.

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • Auvergne and Limousin, from Lyon through the Massif Central. Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-0822-0 .
  • In Jacob's footsteps in Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1994, ISBN 3-475-52768-5 .
  • Buildings that changed the world. Prestel-Verlag, Munich / London / New York 1999, ISBN 3-7913-2150-1 .
  • Gems, The World's Greatest Treasures and their Stories. Prestel-Verlag, Munich / London / New York 2001, ISBN 3-7913-2581-7 .
  • Pinturas, que cambiaron el mundo. Electa, Pinto (Madrid) 2006, M.46.589-2006.
  • The most beautiful bridges in the world. Area-Verlag, Erftstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8361-1033-4 .
  • Sisi's father, Duke Maximilian in Bavaria. Allitera, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-86906-868-8 .
  • The Munich Show, Mineralientage München, special print, Yin & Yang of the primeval oceans. Kastner & Callwey Medien, Oberhaching 2017.
  • The Munich Show, Mineralientage München, Theme book, FROM MINE TO MINE. Wachholtz, Kiel / Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-529-05479-2 .
  • Sisi's siblings. Allitera-Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-86906-977-7 .
  • In the shine of precious stones, The Wittelsbachers and their jewels. Allitera, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-96233-049-1 .
  • Mozart's forgotten ancestors, an artist family from Augsburg and Swabia. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-96233-132-0 .

Documentaries (selection)

middle Ages

  • From heavenly heights, New Perspectives in Bavarian Cathedrals, 45 min., BR 2014 (script and direction)
  • Bavaria makes history, Kaiser Heinrich II., 45 min., BR 2012 (script and direction)
  • Emperor Ludwig IV the Bavarian, 45 min., BR 2008 (script and direction)
  • Aristocratic power and civic pride, Franconia in the Middle Ages, 45 min., BR 2004 (script and direction)
  • The tower full of guilders, The rich dukes of Baiern-Landshut, 45 min., BR 2003 (script and direction)
  • Kaiser Otto III., Renewer of the Reich, 45 min., BR 2002 (script and direction)
  • Pfefferwette und Safranschau, Spice Speculation in the Middle Ages, 45 min., BR, 1997 (script and direction)
  • The monasteries, The Romanesque period, 45 min., BR 1994 (script and direction)

Modern times

  • King Ludwig I and his Bavaria, 45 min., BR 2018 (script and direction)
  • The Wittelsbachers in the Tegernsee Valley, 45 min., BR 2017 (script and direction)
  • Sisi's famous siblings, 45 min., BR 2016 (script and direction)
  • Sisi's father, Duke Maximilian in Bavaria , 45 min., BR 2015 (script and direction)
  • Sir Benjamin Thompson, An American Becomes Bavarian Minister, 30 min., BR 2014 (script and direction)
  • Bavaria and Italy, Between Longing and Hope, 45 min., BR 2010 (script and direction)
  • Max Emanuel, Der Blaue Kurfürst, 45 min, BR 2007 (script and direction)
  • Kingdom of Bavaria, King Max I. Joseph, 45 min., BR 2006 (script and direction)
  • Bavaria and Tyrol, "Throw them down the mountain", 45 min, BR 2009 (script and direction)
  • Andreas Hofer, Rebel against Napoleon, 45 min., ORF 2009 (script and direction)
  • Fire, plague and death, Bavaria in the 30 Years War, (two parts), 45 min. Each, BR 1998 (book)

Artist portraits

  • Johann Michael Rottmayr, genius of baroque color, 45 min., BR 2004 (script and direction)
  • Between Baroque and Rococo, the court sculptor Balthasar Permoser, 45 min, BR 2001 (script and direction)
  • Strolling in Sckell's gardens, 45 min., BR 2000 (script and direction)
  • Diego Velázquez, court marshal and painter, 45 min., BR 1999 (script and direction)

Architecture and garden art

  • Immortal Middle Ages, Gothic in Bavaria, 45 min., BR 2019 (script and direction)
  • Munich glass art conquers the world, 45 min., BR 2008 (script and direction)
  • Treasury of Bavaria, castles and palaces (multi-part), 45 min. Each, BR 2006–2009 (script and direction)
  • Gabriel von Seidl (two parts), 45 min. Each, BR 2004 (script and direction)
  • Paradises on Earth (in several parts), 45 min each, series 2002-2005 (script and direction)

Music history

  • Mozart's secrets, 45 min., BR 2019 (script and direction)
  • Mozart - the true story, 45 min., BR 2012 (script and direction)
  • Immersed in eternity, Augsburg - the Bavarian city of Mozart, 45 min., BR 2011 (script and direction)

Natural history

  • The Wittelsbachers and their jewels, 45 min., BR 2019 (script and direction)
  • About cats and people, story of an idiosyncratic relationship, 45 min., BR 2006 (script and direction)
  • A diamond for Bavaria, Der Blaue Wittelsbacher, 45 min., BR 2011 (script and direction)
  • In the light of the holy stones, 45 min., BR 2013 (script and direction)
  • Water, the divine element, 45 min., BR 2014 (script and direction)

History of medicine

  • Acquittal for the "water doctor", The Kneipp processes and their consequences, 45 min., BR 1998 (script and direction)
  • Sebastian Kneipp and his time, 60 min., BR 1998 (script and direction)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ merkur.de: Filmmaker makes a documentary about Duke Max in Bavaria
personal data
SURNAME Graf, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, art historian, Germanist and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut