Karl Gruber (art historian)

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Karl Heinrich Gruber (born February 15, 1943 in Brixen ) is an Italian Catholic clergyman , theologian and art historian from South Tyrol . He is Professor of Christian Art and Monument Preservation at the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen .

Life

Gruber comes from Vintl in the Puster Valley , where he also attended elementary school. After attending high school in Brixen put Gruber in 1962 in Merano the Matura from. From 1962 to 1967 he studied theology at the seminary in Bressanone and was ordained a priest in 1967 . He then studied art history with Carl Theodor Müller and Wolfgang Braunfels at the University of Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1972 .

From 1973 to 2018 Gruber was head of the Church Monument Office of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen . In 1973, Bishop Joseph Gargitter appointed him Professor of Christian Art and Monument Preservation at the Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone. In 1979 he received the sponsorship award from the Kulturwerk für Südtirol. On April 18, 2010 Gruber was made an honorary canon at Brixen Cathedral . On February 20, 2019, he was awarded the Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol .

As an author and photographer, he has published numerous monographs on the subject of sacred art and customs in South Tyrol .

Fonts (selection)

  • South Tyrolean Farmer's Heaven: Farmer belief in South Tyrol's landscape, life and art. Athesia, Bozen 1997, ISBN 88-7014-920-X .
  • Mysterious South Tyrol. Athesia, Bozen 2002, ISBN 88-8266-143-1 .
  • Monumenta Sacra: 60 years of art and monument preservation in the Diocese of Bolzano – Brixen 1945–2005. Athesia, Bozen 2006, ISBN 88-8266-416-3 .
  • Holy places - sources of strength. Athesia, Bozen 2007, ISBN 8882663787 .
  • with Martin Pezzei: Pope Benedict XVI. in South Tyrol / Papa Benedetto XVI in Alto Adige. Weger, Brixen 2008, ISBN 8888910557 .
  • My beloved South Tyrol - Pope Benedict XVI. Athesia, Bozen 2008, ISBN 9788882664770 .
  • with Hans Nothdurfter: Pre-Romanesque in South Tyrol: Art and Architecture from the Migration Period to 1150. Athesia, Bozen 2017, ISBN 978-88-68392093 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gruber Prof. Dr. Karl - Department: Full Professor of Christian Art and Monument Preservation ( Memento from December 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Tirol thanks for outstanding services
  3. ↑ Prize winners ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the South Tyrolean Cultural Institute
  4. ^ Feast of the diocesan patrons Kassian and Vigilius on April 18, 2010 on the website of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen
  5. ↑ The honored. Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung , February 20, 2019, accessed on February 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Catholic clergyman, theologian and art historian (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen