Wilhelm Schlink (art historian)

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Wilhelm Schlink (born December 25, 1939 in Bielefeld ; † August 29, 2018 ) was a German art historian .

Life

Wilhelm Schlink was a son of the Protestant theologian Edmund Schlink (1903–1984); his younger brother is the lawyer and writer Bernhard Schlink (* 1944). Wilhelm Schlink grew up in Heidelberg, where his father worked as a professor from 1946.

Wilhelm Schlink studied medicine, then five semesters of Law, eventually switched to art history Schlink and in 1968 at the University of Wuerzburg with the thesis "The Cathedral of Saint Mammès of Langres . Investigations into the ecclesiastical architecture of northern Burgundy in the late 12th century. ” PhD with Herbert Siebenhüner . He then worked as an assistant at the University of Hamburg , where he received his habilitation thesis “ Saint-Bénigne in Dijon . Investigations on the Abbey Church of Wilhelm von Volpiano (962-1031) ”was qualified as a professor .

In 1974/75 he was a professor at the University of Kiel , in 1975 he became a professor at the University of Frankfurt and in 1979 at the University of Trier . From 1984 on he taught at the Art History Institute of the University of Freiburg , where he retired at the end of the 2004/05 winter semester .

He gave guest lectures at the University of Leipzig (1985 and 1990), at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1992), at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (1988) and at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (1998).

His research areas included the architecture and visual arts of the Middle Ages in France, the art history of the Upper Rhine, the history of the art history discipline in the 19th century, especially Jacob Burckhardt , self-portrayal of the fine arts in the 19th and 20th centuries, and methodological exchange processes in the history of art in France and Germany.

Publications (selection)

  • Between Cluny and Clairvaux. The cathedral of Langres and the Burgundian architecture of the 12th century (= Contributions to Art History Volume 4). de Gruyter, Berlin 1970 (= dissertation University of Würzburg 1968).
  • Saint-Benigne in Dijon. The abbey church of Wilhelm von Volpiano (962-1031), Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-786-11139-1 (= habilitation thesis Universität Hamburg 1974).
  • The cathedrals of France (= Heyne Stilkunde Volume 12). Heyne, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-41253-2 .
  • Jacob Burckhardt and the expectation of art in the Vormärz (= Frankfurt historical lectures , volume 8). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1982, ISBN 3-515-03659-8 .
  • The Beau-Dieu of Amiens. The image of Christ in the Gothic cathedral . Insel, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-458-33016-X .
  • A picture is not a factual report. Le Bruns academy speech from 1667 about Poussin's Manna miracle . Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1996, ISBN 3-7930-9139-2 .
  • (Ed.): Wilhelm Vöge and France. Files from the colloquium on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Wilhelm Vöge's death (February 16, 1868– December 30, 1952) on Friday, May 2, 2003 . Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-00-012900-6 .
  • Titian. Life and work. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 3-406-56883-1 .

literature

  • Freiburg Bibliographical Pocket Book of the Albert Ludwig University . 8th edition, Freiburg 1997, p. 117.

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personal data
SURNAME Schlink, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH 29th August 2018