Lars Olof Larsson

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Lars Olof Larsson (* 1938 in Västerås ) is a Swedish-German art historian and was head of the Art History Institute in Kiel from 1980 until his retirement in 2003 .

Life

Lars Olof Larsson studied art history , German and comparative literature in Stockholm , Berlin (FU) and Vienna . From 1965 to 1967 he was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Central Institute for Art History in Munich and at the University of Bonn .

In 1967 he received his doctorate on the Dutch sculptor Adrian de Vries . This was followed by teaching at the Universities of Stockholm and Gothenburg , a stay at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence in 1971/72 and a visiting professorship in 1973 at Boston University . After his habilitation in 1980, he was appointed to the newly created C-4 professorship for art history at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , where he was head of the Art History Institute until his retirement in 2003.

In 1991, thanks to a one-year research grant, he worked at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Wassenaar .

selected Writings

  • Equally beautiful on all sides. Studies on the concept of multiple views in European sculpture from the Renaissance to Classicism (= Stockholm Studies in History of Art. 26, ZDB -ID 408772-0 ). Almquist & Wiksell International, Stockholm 1974.
  • The redesign of the imperial capital. Albert Speer's general development plan for Berlin. Hatje, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-7757-0127-3 .
  • Pure landlord . Focus on the Middle Ages. In: Art history in Kiel 1893-1993. 100 years of the Art History Institute of the Christian Albrechts University. Rectorate of Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel 1994, ISBN 3-928794-11-6 , pp. 89–91.
  • Adrian de Vries in Schaumburg. The works for Prince Ernst of Holstein-Schaumburg 1613–1621 (= Kulturlandschaft Schaumburg. Vol. 3). Hatje, Ostfildern-Ruit 1998, ISBN 3-7757-0730-1 .
  • with Sabine Behrens: Salvaged Treasures. European ornamental prints 1500–1800. Museumsberg Flensburg, August 8 - October 3, 2004, Emschertal Museum of the City of Herne, 2005. Boyens, Heide 2004, ISBN 3-8042-1155-0 .
  • with Sabine Larsson and Ingolf Lamprecht: “Happy New Design” or the Gigantoplanie of Berlin 1937–1943. Albert Speer's general development plan in the mirror of satirical drawings by Hans Stephan. Ludwig, Kiel 2008, ISBN 978-3-937719-69-6 .
  • Ancient myths in art. 100 masterpieces (= Reclam's Universal Library . 18592). Reclam, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-15-018592-6 .
  • "... Only the voice is missing!" Portrait and rhetoric in the early modern era. Ludwig, Kiel 2012, ISBN 978-3-86935-051-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Larsson, Lars Olof
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larsson, Lars-Olof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Västerås