Marcell Restle
Marcell Stanislaus Restle (born January 15, 1932 in Waldsee ; † January 25, 2016 ) was a German Byzantine scholar specializing in Byzantine art history .
Life
Marcell Restle studied art history, Byzantine studies, Christian archeology , church history and Islamic art history at the Universities of Tübingen , Munich and Istanbul . He received his doctorate in 1957 at the LMU with the thesis Art and Byzantine Coin Minting from Justinian I to the Iconoclasm . In 1961/62 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . In the 1960s, he also carried out on-site research into cave architecture in Cappadocia . In 1968 he received his habilitation and the following year he became a university lecturer, in 1975 an adjunct professor and in 1982 he was appointed professor of Byzantine art history at the University of Munich, succeeding Klaus Wessel . He retired in 1997 and was succeeded by Johannes G. Deckers .
Restle was particularly concerned with the Byzantine art history in today's Turkey, especially in the Cappadocia region . He conducted research on architecture, numismatics and, for example, within the framework of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini , on the historical geography and topography of the Byzantine Empire . With Klaus Wessel he founded the Real Lexicon for Byzantine art in 1963 .
Fonts
- Byzantine wall painting in Asia Minor. 3 volumes (1 text volume. 2 plate volumes). Bongers, Recklinghausen 1967.
- Istanbul, Bursa, Edirne, Iznik: Monuments and museums (= universal library . 10262, Reclams art guide. ). Reclam, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-15-010262-6 .
- Studies on the early Byzantine architecture of Cappadocia (= publications of the commission for the Tabula Imperii Byzantini. 3, 1–2 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-historical class. Memoranda. 138, 1–2). 2 volumes (text volume, illustrations and plans). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7001-0293-3 .
- with Friedrich Hild : Cappadocia. (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia and Lykandos) (= Tabula Imperii Byzantini . 2 = Austrian Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. 149). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-7001-0401-4 .
- as editor: Festschrift for Klaus Wessel on his 70th birthday. In memoriam (= Munich works on art history and archeology. Vol. 2). Editio Maris, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-925801-02-2 .
literature
- Birgitt Borkopp , Thomas Steppan (ed.): Lithostrōton. Studies in Byzantine art and history. Festschrift for Marcell Restle. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7772-0030-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcell Restle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Restle, Marcell . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Remarks
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Obituaries Marcell Restle , Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 6, 2016
Chair for Byzantine Studies (and Neo-Greek Studies): Karl Krumbacher (1897–1909) | August Heisenberg (1910–1930) | Franz Dölger (1931–1959) | Hans-Georg Beck (1960–1975) | Armin Hohlweg (1976-2001) | Albrecht Berger (since 2002)
Ordinariate for Neo- Greek Studies: Marilisa Mitsou (1999–2018) | Lilia Diamantopoulou (since 2019)
Extraordinary professorship for Byzantine Studies: Franz Tinnefeld (1986–2002)
Ordinariate for Byzantine Art History: Klaus Wessel (1960–1981) | Marcell Restle (1982-1997) | Johannes G. Deckers (1987-2005) | Franz Alto Bauer (since 2006)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Restle, Marcell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Restle, Marcell Stanislaus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Byzantine scholar specializing in Byzantine art history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Waldsee |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 2016 |