Lottlisa Behling

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Lottlisa Gertrud Margarete Behling (born July 15, 1909 in Neustettin , Pomerania , † January 9, 1989 in Munich ) was a German art historian .

Lottlisa Behling, daughter of Margarete Behling, b. Schaeffer († July 2, 1955), studied botany and art history at the Universities of Greifswald , Halle and Berlin . She received her doctorate in Berlin in 1937 . Her dissertation was entitled The non-representational architectural ornament of the Gothic. Attempt a history of tracery . She then took on a job at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and was given a teaching position for medieval art and ornamentation at the University of Jena in 1946 . Two years later habilitated them at the Humboldt University in Berlin and was deputy director and director of the Institute of Art History at the University of Jena. In 1958 she left the GDR and initially received a teaching position in Erlangen . In 1960 she accepted a position at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Her scientific work focused on the iconography of plants in medieval art . Her publications The Plants in Medieval Panel Painting and The Flora of Medieval Cathedrals are considered standard works.

In Munich, the Lottlisa-Behling-Weg in Schwabing-Freimann is named after her.

Publications (selection)

  • Triumphal cross group of the Gdańsk Marienkirche from 1517, a work of Master Paul von Gdańsk. In: Art. Vol. 1, 1948, ZDB -ID 214653-8 , pp. 36-47.
  • A Last Judgment illustration and a tumble grave from the Parlerwerkstatt in Thuringia. In: Journal for Art History. Vol. 2, No. 1/2, 1948, ISSN  0721-958X , pp. 9-14.
  • On the representation of angels in German art around 1000. In: Contributions to Christian philosophy. Vol. 6, 1950, ISSN  0174-8440 , pp. 25-37.
  • The passion tablets from the high altar of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt. In: Zeitschrift für Kunst Vol. 4, No. 3, 1950, ZDB -ID 202970-4 , pp. 188-204.
  • The "Beautiful Madonna" from Arnstadt. In: Art and the beautiful home. Vol. 48, No. 11, 1950, ISSN  0023-5423 , pp. 405-408.
  • The caretaker - Erhard Rewich. In: Journal for Art History. Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 1951, pp. 179-80.
  • Symmetry Problems in Fine Arts. In: Scientific journal of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Social and Linguistic Series. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1952/53, ISSN  0138-1652 , pp. 125-153.
  • The Freiberg Tulip Pulpit, a late Gothic flower. A contribution to the representational ornament of the late Gothic. In: Scientific journal of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Social and Linguistic Series. Vol. 3, No. 4/5, 1953/54, pp. 471-77.
  • The Freiberg Tulip Pulpit, a late Gothic plant. In: Art and the beautiful home. Vol. 52, No. 6, 1954, pp. 211-213.
  • The wise and the foolish virgins of Magdeburg. Supplements and additions to research into Magdeburg's sculptures. In: Journal for Art History. Vol. 8, No. 1/2, 1954, pp. 19-42.
  • The hand drawings of Mathis Gothart Nithart called Grünewald. Böhlau, Weimar 1955.
  • The plant in medieval panel painting. Weimar 1957; Reprint (declared as the 2nd edition) Böhlau, Cologne / Graz 1967.
  • The flora of the medieval cathedrals. Böhlau, Cologne / Graz 1964.
  • Matthias Grünewald. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Birth certificate Neustettin: No. 212/1909.
  2. ↑ a b c d Art history at universities in the post-war period (= Art and Politics. Vol. 8). V&R Unipress, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89971-322-2 , p. 118 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Calliope .
  4. ^ Art history in the post-war period 1945-55. Bibliography - Behling, Lottlisa. In: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Art and Building History. Retrieved November 17, 2013 .
  5. ^ Lottlisa-Behling-Weg in Munich. In: City portal Munich. Retrieved November 17, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Behling, Lottlisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behling, Lottlisa Gertrud Margarete (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustettin , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1989
Place of death Munich