Christoph Luitpold Frommel
Christoph Luitpold Frommel (born September 25, 1933 in Heidelberg ) is a German art historian and architecture specialist . He is emeritus director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome .
Christoph Luitpold Frommel is the son of Gerhard Frommel , nephew of Wolfgang Frommel and brother of Melchior Frommel . He studied art history, classical archeology and history at the University of Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1959. After a scholarship and assistantship at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (1959–1967), he completed his habilitation in 1967 at the University of Bonn , where he subsequently held a professorship until 1980. Research stays took him to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton and Berkeley . From 1980 until his retirement in 2001, he succeeded Wolfgang Lotz as director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome. Since 2003 he has held a professorship at the Roman University of La Sapienza . He is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen .
After a marriage with the artist and translator Joke Haverkorn van Rijsewijk (born January 18, 1935) in 1964, Frommel is now married to the art historian Sabine Kühbacher (born 1958).
Fonts (in selection)
- The Farnesina and Peruzzi's early architectural work , De Gruyter, Berlin 1961.
- The Roman palace building of the High Renaissance , Wasmuth, Tübingen 1973.
- Michelangelo and Tommaso dei Cavalieri , Castrum Peregrini Presse, Amsterdam 1979.
- Michelangelo Marble and Spirit: The tomb of Pope Julius II and his statues , Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2014.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Luitpold Frommel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the Bibliotheca Hertziana
- Website Gerhard Frommel
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frommel, Christoph Luitpold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |