Robert Hillenbrand

Robert Hillenbrand (born August 2, 1941 in Damgarten , Germany ) is a British art historian specializing in Islamic art .

Life

Hillenbrand studied at Cambridge and Oxford Universities . In 1974 he received his doctorate with a thesis on The tomb towers of Iran to 1550 at Oxford University. Since 1971 he has taught at Edinburgh University as the successor to David Talbot Rice . In 1989 he became a professor there and was given a chair in Islamic art. In 2007 he was elected a member of the British Academy (FBA) in recognition of his achievements . Hillenbrand has retired since 2007 . He is now an honorary professor in the Department of Studies of Islam and the Middle East . From 2008 to 2009 he was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge.

Research interests

Hillenbrand's main research interests are Islamic architecture , Islamic painting and iconography . He is particularly interested in Iran and the early Islamic Umayyad Syria .

further activities

Hillenbrand has traveled the Islamic world and was visiting professor at Princeton University , the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Otto Friedrich University Bamberg , Dartmouth College and the University of Groningen . He gave the 1993 Kevorkian Lectures at Columbia University New York .

family

Hillenbrand is married. His wife Carole Hillenbrand is a well-known British historian and Islamic scholar .

Works (selection)

• The Great Mongol Shahnameh , Hali Publications Ltd, 2021, ISBN 978-1898113836
• Islamic Art , Cambridge University Press, 2020, ISBN 978-0521376136
• The Art of the Saljuqs in Iran and Anatolia , Mazda Pub, 2020, ISBN 978-1568593555
• Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts , Pindar Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1904597506
• Ancient Iranian kings in the world history of Rashid Al-Din together with Carole Hillenbrand in Iran: Journal of British Institute of Persian Studies, 2018, pp. 34–46, doi : 10.1080 / 05786967.2018.1426190 online, pdf ; 2.7 MB
• Ward, R: Court & Craft with Charles Melville and Marianna Shreve Simpson, Paul Holberton Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978-1907372650
• Studies in the Islamic Arts of the Book , Pindar Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1904597490
• The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. A Landmark of Modern Islamic Architecture , Shawati Abu Dhabi, 2012, ISBN 978-9948161127
• Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture. Volume 1, Pindar, London 2001
• Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture. Volume 2, Pindar, London 2006

• Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings , Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2004, ISBN 978-0754633679
• The Architecture of Ottoman Jerusalem: An Introduction , Al Tajir-World of Islam Trust, 2002, ISBN 978-1901435092
• Ottoman Jerusalem: The Living City, 1517–1917 together with Sylvia Auld, Al Tajir-World of Islam Trust, 2000, ISBN 978-1901435030
• Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning , Edinburgh University Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0748613793
• Islamic Art and Architecture , World of Art, 1997, ISBN 978-0500203057
  • German: Art and Architecture of Islam , translated by Christian Rochow, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 978-3803040275
• Imperial Images in Persian Painting , Scottish Arts Council, 1982, ISBN 978-0902989429

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert Hillenbrand in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Robert Hillenbrand in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Hillenbrand, Robert at oxfordartonline.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Robert Hillenbrand, biography at ed.ac.uk. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
3. ↑ The tomb towers of Iran to 1550, Robert Hillenbrand, Thesis - 1974, dissertation at trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. ^ Robert Hillenbrand, Prizes at risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
5. ↑ Robert Hillenbrand FBA, Slade Professor from 2008-09 at hoart.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
6. ↑ Review by Dieter Marcos in Journal für Kunstgeschichte 10, 2006, Issue 3, pp. 208–212