Johann Dominik Fiorillo
Johann Dominik Fiorillo (also: Giovanni Domenico, Dominique, Dominico; born October 13, 1748 in Hamburg ; † September 10, 1821 in Göttingen ) was a German painter and art historian of Italian descent and is considered the founder of art history as a university subject in Germany.
Life
He was born in Hamburg as the son of a Neapolitan family of artists . His father was the musician and composer Ignazio Fiorillo ; his younger brother the violin virtuoso and composer Federigo Fiorillo . Johann Dominik received his first lessons at the Art Academy in Bayreuth . In 1761 he continued his studies in Rome and from 1765 in Bologna with Ercole Nelli , where he learned anatomy, architecture and perspective. In 1769 he was appointed a member of the Academy of Bologna and returned to Germany, where, in addition to his history painting at the Braunschweig court, he increasingly wrote about art history. In 1781 he moved to Göttingen and in 1799 became professor of philosophy at the Georg August University . He also gave drawing lessons, from which courses in the philosophy department developed.
He was a friend of Christian Gottlob Heynes and Gottfried August Bürgers and was in contact with all the important protagonists of this era at Göttingen University. As the teacher of Karl Friedrich von Rumohr and the romanticists August Wilhelm Schlegel , Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder and Ludwig Tieck , he had a formative influence.
This importance is also documented in his main work, a nine-volume history of art; a task that kept him busy for over two decades. Fiorillo established art history as an independent university subject. His History of the Drawing Arts (1798–1821) is a detailed compendium of European art history from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, organized by country.
Fiorillo was a member of the Augusta Masonic Lodge in Göttingen to the three flames .
Fonts
- La satira della pittura di Salvatore Rosa ; Göttingen, 1785
- Description of the painting collection of the University of Göttingen ; Small independent writings / Fiorillo, Johann Dominik, Göttingen 1805, reprint 1998
- History of the drawing arts in Germany and the Netherlands ; 4 volumes, 1815-1820
Work edition:
- Johann Dominik Fiorillo: Complete writings. Edited by Achim Hölter. 15 vols. Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 1997ff. (Published: Vol. 1–12. Foreword in Vol. 1, pp. 1–23)
literature
- Achim Hölter: Fiorillo, Giovanni Domenico. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 48. Rome 1997, pp. 188 f.
- Achim Hölter: Johann Dominik Fiorillo. Remarks about man and the traces of his work. In: A. Middeldorf Kosegarten (Ed.): Johann Dominicus Fiorillo. Art history and the romantic movement around 1800 . Göttingen 1997, pp. 13-27
- Wilhelm van Kempen: Fiorillo, Johann Dominicus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 167 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Antje Middeldorf Kosegarten (ed.): Johann Dominicus Fiorillo Art History and the Romantic Movement around 1800 , Wallstein, Göttingen 1997, ISBN 3-89244-267-3 .
- Claudia Schrapel: Johann Dominicus Fiorillo. Basics for the historical assessment of the 'history of the drawing arts in Germany and the united Netherlands'. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag 2004
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Fiorillo, Johann Dominicus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 27.
- Fiorillo, Johann Dominik , in: Meyers Konversationslexikon . Fourth edition, Leipzig 1885-1892, vol. 6, p. 287
- Annabell Henze and Mareike Grest: The directory of copper engravings on the Königl. University Library of Göttingen - Johann Dominicus Fiorillo structured, categorized and inventoried. In: Stephan Brakensiek, Anette Michels, Anne-Katrin Sors (eds.): Copy.Right. Adam von Bartsch - art, commerce, connoisseurship. Art collection of the University of Göttingen, April 17 to September 11, 2016. Imhof, Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7319-0367-3 , pp. 163–167.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Dominik Fiorillo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johann Dominik Fiorillo at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the themed portal "History of Art History"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fiorillo, Johann Dominik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fiorillo, Johann Dominicus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Painter and probably the first art historian at German universities |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1821 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |