Thomas Kirchner (art historian)
Thomas Kirchner (born July 4, 1954 in Lindlar ) is a German art historian and director of the German Forum for Art History ( Center allemand d'histoire de l'art ) in Paris.
Life
Thomas Kirchner studied art history, history and philosophy in Bonn, Berlin and Paris. At the University of Bonn he was given a thesis on the subject of “L'expression des passions. Expression as a problem of representation in French art and art theory of the 17th and 18th centuries ”.
After working in the museum and exhibition area, an assistant at the Free University of Berlin followed . He completed his habilitation at the Free University of Berlin with a thesis on the subject of “The epic hero. History painting and art politics in 17th century France ”. From 1999 he held the chair for modern and modern art history at the University of Heidelberg . From 2002 to January 2014 Kirchner held the chair for Middle and Modern Art History at the Institute of Art History at the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he has been on leave since taking over the management of the German Forum for Art History in Paris. From 2009 until his departure from Frankfurt in 2014, Thomas Kirchner was a mentor in the start-up center of the Frankfurt University "Goethe-Unibator" and a member of the advisory board of Coneda UG. From fall 2011 to fall 2012 he was a fellow at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.
His research focuses on French art of the 17th and 18th centuries, the history of art theory , historical research on emotions, the history of physiognomics, art and science, and art between 1945 and 1960.
Fonts
In addition to articles in specialist journals, Kirchner also writes for the Encyclopedia of Modern Times .
- L'expression des passion. Expression as a problem of representation in French art and art theory of the 17th and 18th centuries . von Zabern, Mainz 1991, ISBN 3-8053-1165-6 .
- The epic hero. History painting and art politics in 17th century France . Fink, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7705-3397-6 .
- Les Reines de Perse aux pieds d'Alexandre de Charles Le Brun. Tableau-manifest de l'art français du XVIIe siècle . Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-7351-1617-1 .
Editorships
- History and aesthetics. Festschrift for Werner Busch on his 60th birthday . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-422-06529-6 .
- Joachim von Sandrart : Teutsche Academie der Bau-, Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste , Nuremberg 1675–1680, scientifically commented online edition, http://ta.sandrart.net , jointly edited. with Alessandro Nova , Carsten Blüm, Anna Schreurs and Thorsten Wübbena, 2008–2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Kirchner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Representation on the website of DFK Paris
- Presentation on the website of the Art History Institute of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Thomas Kirchner at Perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirchner, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindlar |