Karl Arndt (art historian)

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Karl Arndt (born August 22, 1929 in Hanover ; † September 10, 2018 in Emden ) was a German art historian and professor of art history at the University of Göttingen .

Life

Arndt was born in 1929 as the eldest son of a bank employee. He studied art history, German and history in Göttingen . In 1956 Arndt received his doctorate with Dürer's Apocalypse : Attempts at Interpretation in Göttingen. In 1969 he completed his habilitation with studies on the landscape drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ä. with Heinz Rudolf Rosemann and became his successor. Arndt was a professor at the University of Göttingen between 1970 and his retirement in 1994. In 1978 he became a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . He was the author of numerous art history publications.

Publications (selection)

  • Dürer's apocalypse. Attempts at interpretation. Dissertation, Göttingen 1956.
  • Gerard David's “ Adoration of the Magi ” after Hugo van der Goes . A contribution to the criticism of copies. In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, 3rd part, 12, 1961, pp. 153–175.
  • Rogier van der Weyden . The Columba Altar . Stuttgart 1962.
  • A Grünewald Controversy. In: The Burlington Magazine , 105, 1963, pp. 344-351. (English)
  • On the work of Hugo van der Goes. In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, 3rd volume, 15, 1964, pp. 63–98.
  • Rogier van der Weyden. In: Erich Steingräber (Hrsg.): Milestones of European art. Munich 1965, pp. 207-254.
  • Hugo van der Goes. The Portinari Altar . Stuttgart 1965.
  • Unknown drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ä. In: Pantheon, 24, 1966, pp. 207-216.
  • Early landscape drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Ä. In: Pantheon, 25, 1967, pp. 97-104.
  • Studies on Georg Petel . In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums, New Series, 9, 1967, pp. 165–231.
  • Albrecht Dürer 1971. On the exhibition of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. In: Kunstchronik , 14, 1971, pp. 281–292.
  • Dürer as a narrator. Observations on a Leaf of the Apocalypse. In: Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseums, 1971/1972, pp. 48–60.
  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder Ä. and the story of the 'forest landscape'. In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums, New Series, 14, 1972, pp. 69–121.
  • Chronos as the enemy of art. William Hogarth and the Baroque Allegory. In: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 23, 1972, pp. 329–342.
  • Berthold Hinz : The painting of German fascism: Art and counterrevolution. Munich 1974. Review, In: Kunstchronik, 28, 1975, pp. 362–374.
  • Abused history: The Brunswick Cathedral as a political monument (1935/1945). In: Low German contributions to art history, Vol. 20, 1981, pp. 213–244.
  • The historical 'Grünewald'. Comments on the state of research. In: Hartmut Boockmann (Ed.): Church and society in the Holy Roman Empire of the 15th and 16th centuries. Göttingen 1994, pp. 116-147.
  • Constellations: Bode , Tschudi , Friedländer , Winkler . Old Dutch painting in the Berlin collections. In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums, New Series, 38, 1966, pp. 57–71.

literature

  • Marion Ackermann , Annette Kanzenbach, Thomas Noll , Michael Streetz (eds.): Art and history. Festschrift for Karl Arndt on his seventieth birthday , Low German Contributions to Art History, Vol. 38, 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Arndt - German Digital Library. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Prof. em. Dr. Karl Arndt: Obituary notice: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Karl Arndt's memorial page. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
  4. ^ Karl Arndt (1929-2018) - ArtHist.net: Network for art history / archive. Accessed October 4, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Public Relations: Obituary Karl Arndt - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Arndt, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and professor for art history at the University of Göttingen
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2018
Place of death Emden