Reinhard Liess

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Reinhard Liess (born April 10, 1937 in Bunzlau , Silesia ) is a German art historian .

Life

Liess received his doctorate in 1965 at the University of Munich with the thesis The early Romanesque church building of the 11th century in Normandy. Analyzes and monographs of the main buildings . He completed his habilitation in 1970 with a thesis on Truth and Reality in the Art of PP Rubens at the Technical University of Braunschweig , which was published in 1977 under the title The Art of Rubens . Liess became a university lecturer in 1971, taught art history since 1974 as an adjunct professor in Braunschweig and Regensburg , from 1978 as a university professor in Braunschweig, from 1990 to 2002 at the University of Osnabrück . From March to June 2001 he held a guest professorship at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza (Argentina) sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) . Liess retired on September 30, 2002 .

In research and teaching, Liess deals with art from the Middle Ages to modern times, especially with architecture, painting and graphics. A special interest was the planning history of the Strasbourg cathedral and the person of Erwin von Steinbach . Most recently in 2004 he published the anthology Jan Vermeer van Delft , Pieter Bruegel the Elder. , Rogier van der Weyden . Three studies on Dutch art ; 2003 the book Im Spiegel der “Meninas”. Velázquez about himself and Rubens .

Fonts (selection)

  • The early Romanesque church building of the 11th century in Normandy: analyzes and monographs of the main buildings . Wilhelm Fink Publishing House. Munich 1967, DNB 482279591 .
  • The art of Rubens. Orphanage printing house and publishing house, Braunschweig 1977.
  • The small landscapes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder A. in the light of his complete works . In: Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch Graz. 15/16, 1979/1980, pp. 1-117; 17, 1981, pp. 55-150; 18, 1982, pp. 79-165.
  • Braunschweig. (= German country, German art ). 5th edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-422-00120-4 .
  • Goethe in front of the Strasbourg cathedral: On the scientific image of art . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1985, ISBN 3-527-17548-2 .
  • The crack A1 of the Strasbourg cathedral facade in the continuum of Magister Erwin's designs. In: Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch Graz. 21, 1985, pp. 47-121.
  • The crack B of the Strasbourg cathedral facade: an architectural revision. In: Orient and Occident in the mirror of art. Festschrift for Heinrich Gerhard Franz's 70th birthday. (= Research and reports by the Institute for Art History at the Karl-Franzens University Graz. Volume 7). Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Graz, 1986, ISBN 3-201-01296-3 , pp. 171–202.
  • The origin of the Strasbourg crack with the bell storey and its position in the overall picture of the cathedral facade. In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst NF 37, 1986, pp. 33–112.
  • On the historical morphology of the high gable facade of St. Marien in Prenzlau . In: Low German contributions to art history 27, 1988, pp. 9–62.
  • with Andrea Köpke: On the former Erwin inscription from 1277 on the west facade of the Strasbourg cathedral. In: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine. 137 (NF 98), 1989, pp. 105-173.
  • The Heisterbach Altar . Rasch printing and publishing house, Bramsche 1998, ISBN 3-932147-56-1 .
  • In the mirror of the 'Meninas'. Velazquez about himself and Rubens. V & R unipress, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89971-101-7 .
  • Jan Vermeer from Delft, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden. Three studies on Dutch art. V & R unipress, Göttingen 2004.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's lexicon of scholars
personal data
SURNAME Liess, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bunzlau