Luc Mojon

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Luc Henry Daniel Mojon (born July 30, 1925 in Bern ; † April 20, 2011 ; resident in Les Hauts-Geneveys ) was a Swiss art historian .

Life

Mojon completed the Matura type C at the municipal high school in Bern in 1945 . After the recruit school he studied art history, archeology and the history of modern German literature at the University of Bern from the winter semester 1945/1946 . During his studies he went on study trips to Italy, France, Germany and England. In 1953 he received his doctorate from Hans R. Hahnloser with a work on the cathedral builder Matthäus Ensinger . In 1968 he received his habilitation in Bern for “Art History of the Middle Ages, especially Architecture and Monument Preservation”. Mojon was associate professor from 1969 and full professor from 1971 at the Institute for Art History at the University of Bern, where he established and headed the Department of Architectural History and Monument Preservation. He dealt particularly with the history of the Bern Minster and with the Benedictine Abbey of St. Johannsen .

The ophthalmologist Daniel Mojon (* 1963) is his son.

Fonts (selection)

  • Wangen an der Aare (= Swiss Art Guide . H. 28). Society for Swiss Art History, Basel 1955; 2nd, improved edition 1971.
  • Luc Mojon: The art monuments of the canton of Bern. The Bern Minster . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History (=  Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz . Volume 44 ). tape 4 . Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (451 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 60.3 MB ; accessed on February 12, 2018]).
  • ed. with Ellen Beer , Paul Hofer : Festschrift for Hans R. Hahnloser's 60th birthday in 1959. Birkhäuser, Basel 1961.
  • The master builder Matthäus Ensinger. Studies of his work (= Berner Schriften zur Kunst. Volume 10). Benteli, Bern 1967 (also: dissertation, University of Bern, 1953).
  • with Paul Hofer: The churches of the city of Bern. Antonierkirche, French church, Heiliggeistkirche and Nydeggkirche. Birkhäuser, Basel 1969.
  • St. Johannsen - Saint-Jean de Cerlier. Contributions to the building industry of the Middle Ages from building research in the former Benedictine abbey 1961–1984. State teaching material publisher, Bern 1986.
  • Martin Hesse : album. Selection of images and accompanying texts by Luc Mojon. Emmentaler Druck, Langnau 1987.
  • With Christoph Schläppi, Bernhard Furrer, Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz: The Bern Minster (= Swiss Art Guide . H. 238/239). Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 1993.
  • Michelangelo. The designs for San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. Lang, Bern 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c title page and curriculum vitae in: Luc Mojon: Der Münsterbaumeister Matthäus Ensinger. Studies on his work. Benteli, Bern 1967.
  2. ↑ Jürg Schweizer: Luc Mojon in memory. July 30, 1925 - April 20, 2011. In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland. Volume 62, 2011, no. 2, p. 80 ( e-periodica.ch digitized version , accessed on December 11, 2017).
  3. ^ Mojon, Luc. In: The lecturers of the Bern University of Applied Sciences 1528–1984. University of Bern, Bern 1984, No. 6.1.106 ( biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on December 11, 2017).
  4. ^ Chronicle , website of the Institute for Art History at the University of Bern, accessed on December 11, 2017.
  5. ^ Samuel Rutishauser , Thomas Loertscher : Luc Mojon, art historian. Obituary. In: The Small Bund . May 7, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Mojon, Luc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mojon, Luc Henry Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2011