Heinrich Gerhard Franz

Heinrich Gerhard Franz (born January 19, 1916 in Dresden ; † September 3, 2006 in Graz ) was a German-Austrian art historian . His interests ranged from the history of architecture in the Baroque period through early Islamic art to the architecture and art of India.

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Franz studied art history, classical philology and classical archeology in Munich, Berlin and Vienna and received his doctorate in 1939 with a thesis on the history of church architecture in Bavaria and Bohemia. His doctoral supervisor was Karl M. Swoboda ; the work appeared under the title "Dientzenhofer and" Hausstätter ". Church builders in Bavaria and Bohemia ”1942 in press. As a scientific assistant at the chair of Eberhard Hempel at the TU Dresden , his work focus shifted to the area of ​​Saxony, Bohemia and Moravia ("Studies on Baroque Architecture in Bohemia and Moravia", Brno 1943 and "The German Baroque Architecture in Moravia". Munich 1943.) Topic his habilitation thesis (submitted to Dagobert Frey ) was: " Zacharias Longuelune and the architecture of the 18th century in Dresden". In 1946 he became a private lecturer in art history at the University of Mainz , where he was appointed adjunct professor in 1950. From 1962 Franz held a chair at the Art History Institute of the University of Graz , where he taught until his retirement and in 1969 founded the publication series "Research and Reports of the Art History Institute of the University of Graz".

Fonts (selection)

• "Dientzenhofer and" Hausstätter ". Church builders in Bavaria and Bohemia ”. (1939, dissertation)
• "Zacharias Longuelune and the architecture of the 18th century in Dresden" (1943, habilitation)
• “From Gandhara to Pagán. Cult buildings of Buddhism and Hinduism in South and Central Asia ”. Graz 1979
• “Palace, mosque and desert castle. The becoming of Islamic art. 7th-9th Century". Graz 1984
• “From Baghdad to Cordoba. Spread and Development of Islamic Art 850-1050 ”. Graz 1984
• as editor: “Art and Culture along the Silk Road”. Graz 1986
• as editor: "Research and reports of the Art History Institute of the University of Graz"
• "Pöppelmann and the architecture of the Dresden Zwingers: An epilogue to the Dresden Pöppelmann conference". In: Kunstchronik, 7/1988, pp. 337–349

literature

• Friedrich Gerke : The Art History Institute of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz 1946-1965 . In: Yearbook of the Association "Friends of the University of Mainz" , Mainz 1955, pp. 58–71.
• Götz Pochat: Heinrich Gerhard Franz in Memoriam . In: Kunstgeschichte aktuell 3/06, p. 3

Web links

• Directory of professors at the University of Mainz 1477-1973
• Literature by and about Heinrich Gerhard Franz in the catalog of the German National Library