Norbert Werner
Norbert Werner (born February 11, 1937 in Offenbach am Main ; † August 17, 2019 in Gießen ) was a German art historian .
Live and act
Werner was born the son of Karl and Juliane Werner (née Huth). After studying art history, history and archeology, he was in 1965 at the Art Science Institute of the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen Dr. phil. PhD. From 1966 to 1972 he was a research assistant and academic adviser there . In 1972 he was appointed professor of art history in Giessen. In 1974/75, 1986/87 and 1998/99 Werner was dean in the humanities department, and in 2002 he retired.
Werner's main interests were German art from the 13th to 15th centuries, the Italian Renaissance and painting of the 19th and 20th centuries, on which he published numerous articles. He was the editor of Giessen's contributions to art history and collaborator on the Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon and the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi .
Fonts
- A contribution to the structure and development of stained glass in the first third of the 15th century. Selected examples from Austria . Inaugural dissertation, Giessen, 1965.
- as editor: Kokoschka. Life and work in data and images , Insel: Frankfurt am Main 1991. ISBN 3-458-32609-X
- 375 years of the Universitat Giessen, 1607–1982 , Ferber'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung: Giessen, 1982. ISBN 3-92273022-1
- as editor: The Giessener Kunstweg (= Giessener Contributions to Art History, Volume 9), Druck & Graphic, 1994. ISBN 978-3-92561413-2
- with Carolin Bahr and Gora Jain: Between asceticism and sensuality. Festschrift for Norbert Werner on the occasion of his 60th birthday (= Giessen contributions to art history, volume 10), Röll: Dettelbach, 1997. ISBN 978-3-92752263-3
Curated exhibitions
- 375 years at the University of Giessen, 1607–1982. Past and present . Exhibition in the Oberhessisches Museum and Gail'sche Collections, Giessen 1982
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Werner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 2019 |
| Place of death | to water |