Fritz Knapp (art historian)
Fritz Knapp (born October 29, 1870 in Halle (Saale) , † 1938 in Würzburg ) was a German art historian .
Life
Fritz Knapp, son of the Halle-based publisher Wilhelm Georg Knapp (1840–1908), studied philosophy in Marburg and Halle from 1890 , but then moved to Bonn and studied art history there with Carl Justi . He continued these studies in Berlin , Munich and Basel . During the semester break, study trips took him to Italy, France, Spain and England. He received his doctorate in Basel at Easter 1896 under Heinrich Wölfflin .
From October 1897 to the end of 1904 he worked in the Berlin museum service - mostly in the Gemäldegalerie and at the Nationalgalerie - as an assistant, among others with Wilhelm von Bode . On March 11, 1905, he completed his habilitation with Wölfflin, who had moved to Berlin in 1901 . From September 24, 1906, Knapp taught for one semester as an associate professor at the University of Greifswald .
From 1907 to 1936 he was the first professor of art history at the University of Würzburg . His professorship , installed in the summer semester 1907, was converted into a professorship on 7 June 1921st In Würzburg, Knapp read thirty years on art history from the early Middle Ages to modern times; dealt in the lectures with the Italian and German Renaissance as well as the Baroque .
Initially a member of the German National People's Party , he joined the NSDAP in May 1933 (membership number 3107716).
Fonts (selection)
- Piero di Cosimo. A master of transition from the Florentine Quattrocento to the Cinquecento . Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1899 ( archive.org ).
- with Wilhelm von Bode: masterpieces of painting. Old masters . Richard Bong, Berlin 1900 ( archive.org ).
- Fra Bartolommeo della Porta and the School of San Marco. Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1903.
- Michelangelo. The master’s works in 166 illustrations with a biographical introduction . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart and Leipzig 1906 ( archive.org ).
- Andrea del Sarto . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1907 ( archive.org ).
- Perugino . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld, Leipzig 1907 ( archive.org ).
- Andrea Mantegna. The master's paintings and engravings in 200 illustrations . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Leipzig 1910 ( archive.org ).
- with Valerian von Loga , Ludwig Justi : The Italian sculpture from XV. to XVIII. Century . Fischer & Franke, Berlin 1910.
- Walks through the workshops of Franconian sculptors . Heinrich Stürtz, Würzburg 1911.
- Würzburg and its collections . In: Munich Yearbook of Fine Arts . Vol. 8, 1913, pp. 97-142.
- The artistic culture of the West. A history of art and artistic worldviews since the fall of the ancient world. 3 volumes, K. Schroeder, Bonn 1923.
- Main Franconia. Bamberg, Würzburg, Aschaffenburg. A Franconian art history. Heinrich Stürtz, Würzburg 1928.
- Vincent van Gogh. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1930.
- German art. Aschendorff, Münster in Westphalia 1930.
- Riemenschneider. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1935.
- Balthasar Neumann, the great architect of his time. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1937.
- Grünewald . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1937.
- Leonardo da Vinci . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1938.
literature
- Stefan Kummer : The beginnings of art history at the University of Würzburg. In: Beginnings of historical research at the University of Würzburg. 150 Years of the Historical Institute / 100 Years of the Art History Institute . Ed. Vulpes, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-939112-80-8 , pp. 9-62 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Knapp (art historian) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- The history of the Institute for Art History at the University of Würzburg
- Works in the Open Library
- Works in the SUDOC
- Entries in Arthistoricum.net
Remarks
- ↑ Fritz Knapp, he recalled, was still one of the listeners in Jacob Burckhardt's lectures.
- ↑ A call from the University of Dorpat , ultimately rejected by Knapp, had initiated the Würzburg conversion of the extraordinary to a full professorship for Knapp.
- ↑ Kummer p. 36.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Knapp, Fritz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knapp, Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
DATE OF DEATH | 1938 |
Place of death | Wurzburg |