Ernst Guldan

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Ernst Guldan (born December 30, 1927 , † April 5, 1997 ) was a German art historian , university professor and library manager.

Life

Guldan left his hometown Prague after the end of World War II . He studied art history at the University of Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1954 under Heinz Rudolf Rosemann on a topic of baroque architecture. From 1954 to 1956 Guldan had a scholarship from the State of Lower Saxony at the Central Institute for Art History in Munich . After long years in southern Germany, Austria and Italy devoted to research and teaching, he worked from 1977 to 1992 as library director at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome .

At Guldan's own request, he was buried in the family grave in the Olschaner cemetery in Prague.

Publications (selection)

  • The yoke-dragging vault decoration from Michelangelo to Pozzo and in the Bavarian-Austrian sacred architecture. Dissertation, Göttingen 1954.
  • The appointment of the imperial castle builder Christoph Caneval as an expert to the Munich court in 1588. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1955. Linz 1955, pp. 271–280, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Zeal. In: Real Lexicon on German Art History . Volume IV, 1956, pp. 944-954.
  • Wolfgang Andreas Heindl 1693–1757. Contributions to the knowledge of his life and works. In: Yearbook of the Wels Museum Association. 1957, pp. 95-157.
  • with Utto Riedinger: The Protestant ceiling paintings of the castle chapel on Strechau. In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte. Volume 18, 1960, pp. 28-86.
  • To Prunner and Pawanger . In: East Bavarian border marks. 1960, pp. 119-122.
  • (Ed.): Contributions to art history. A special offer for Heinz Rudolf Rosemann on October 9, 1960. Berlin 1960.
  • High altar and bishop's throne in Strasbourg Cathedral . In: Contributions to art history. A festive gift for Heinz Rudolf Rosemann on October 9, 1960. Berlin 1960, pp. 187–220.
  • Sources on the life and work of Italian plasterers from the late Baroque period in Bavaria. 1964.
  • Eva and Maria. An antithesis as a picture motif. Graz 1966.
  • The baroque frescoes of the collegiate church Metten on the Danube. In: Yearbook of Bavarian Monument Preservation. 27/28, 1968/1969, pp. 127-156.
  • The monster portal at the Palazzo Zuccari in Rome. Changes of a motif from the Middle Ages to Mannerism. In: Journal for Art History . 32, 1969, pp. 229-261.
  • Wolfgang Andreas Heindl. Vienna / Munich 1970.

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personal data
SURNAME Guldan, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1927
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1997