Johannes G. Deckers

Johannes G. Deckers (born March 23, 1940 ), full name Johannes Georg Deckers , is a German Christian archaeologist .

He studied Classical Archeology, Art History, Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History in Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1973 with the work The Old Testament Cycle by S. Maria Maggiore in Rome . From 1974 to 1983 he was head of the archaeological monument preservation department in Cologne and lecturer at the University of Bonn . From 1983 to 1987 he was a consultant for Christian archeology at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. In 1987 he completed his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg . From 1987 to 2005 Deckers taught as a professor for early Christian and Byzantine art history at the University of Munich .

Fonts (selection)

• The Old Testament cycle of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome. Studies on the history of images (= Habelt's dissertation prints. Classical Archeology Series 8). Habelt, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-7749-1345-5 .
• (Editor): Contributions to the cultural history of Cyprus from late antiquity to modern times (= writings of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Cyprus Studies. Vol. 3). Waxmann, Münster et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8309-1592-6 .
• Early Christian and Byzantine art (= Beck'sche series 2553 CH Beck Wissen. Kunstepochen ). Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-56293-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes G. Deckers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Deckers, Johannes Georg .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
• Short entry at the University of Mainz