Horst Bredekamp
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Horst Bredekamp is a German art historian.
and sociology
in Kiel, Munich, Berlin and Marburg. In 1974 he received his doctorate at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a thesis on art as a media of social conflicts, especially the "Bilderkämpfe" of late antiquity to the Hussite
revolution. He worked first as a volunteer at the Liebieghaus
in Frankfurt am Main, from 1976 as assistant in the division of Art History at the University of Hamburg
.
In 1982 he was appointed to the professor of art history at the University of Hamburg, in 1993 he moved to the Humboldt University Berlin. He is also since 2003 a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
, in 2005 the Gadamer-endowed chair. Bredenkamp visited the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1991), Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (1992), Getty Center
, Los Angeles (1995 and 1998) and the Collegium Budapest (1999).
The research focus of Horst Bredekamp are Iconoclastic Fury, sculpture
of the Romanesque
, art of the Renaissance
and Mannerism
, political iconography, art and technology, new media. In 2000 he founded the project "The technical picture" at the Hermann von Helmholtz-Centre for Agricultural Engineering (PAC) of the Humboldt University Berlin, which developed under his leadership that visually critical methods, a theory of pictorial knowledge in the fields of science and technology and medical visualizations. Since 2008 Bredenkamp directs the newly established DFG-Kolleg research group "Picture Act and embodiment" at the Humboldt University Berlin.
Bredenkamp is a member of the board of the Schering Foundation.
As editor(selection):
Life
Bredekamp studied art history, archeology, philosophyPhilosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
in Kiel, Munich, Berlin and Marburg. In 1974 he received his doctorate at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with a thesis on art as a media of social conflicts, especially the "Bilderkämpfe" of late antiquity to the Hussite
Hussite
The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus , who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation...
revolution. He worked first as a volunteer at the Liebieghaus
Liebieghaus
The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main.-History:...
in Frankfurt am Main, from 1976 as assistant in the division of Art History at the University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
.
In 1982 he was appointed to the professor of art history at the University of Hamburg, in 1993 he moved to the Humboldt University Berlin. He is also since 2003 a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin in an interdisciplinary institute created 1981 in Berlin-Grunewald for studies in natural, social sciences for various research projects. It is a member of the group Some Institutes for Advanced Study....
, in 2005 the Gadamer-endowed chair. Bredenkamp visited the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1991), Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (1992), Getty Center
Getty Center
The Getty Center, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles...
, Los Angeles (1995 and 1998) and the Collegium Budapest (1999).
The research focus of Horst Bredekamp are Iconoclastic Fury, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
of the Romanesque
Romanesque art
Romanesque art refers to the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century, or later, depending on region. The preceding period is increasingly known as the Pre-Romanesque...
, art of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
and Mannerism
Mannerism
Mannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe...
, political iconography, art and technology, new media. In 2000 he founded the project "The technical picture" at the Hermann von Helmholtz-Centre for Agricultural Engineering (PAC) of the Humboldt University Berlin, which developed under his leadership that visually critical methods, a theory of pictorial knowledge in the fields of science and technology and medical visualizations. Since 2008 Bredenkamp directs the newly established DFG-Kolleg research group "Picture Act and embodiment" at the Humboldt University Berlin.
Bredenkamp is a member of the board of the Schering Foundation.
Publications
Monographs:- Kunst als Medium sozialer Konflikte. Bilderkämpfe von der Spätantike bis zur Hussitenrevolution, Frankfurt am Main (Suhrkamp) 1975.
- Kunst am Mittelrhein um 1400 (mit Herbert Beck und Wolfgang Beeh), Frankfurt am Main (Liebieghaus) 1975.
- Horst Bredekamp Vicino Orsini und der heilige Wald von Bomarzo. Ein Fürst als Künstler und Anarchist, Worms (Werner) 1985; 2., überarb. Aufl. 1991.
- Botticelli: Primavera. Florenz als Garten der Venus, Frankfurt am Main (Fischer) 1988; New edition Berlin (Wagenbach) 2002.
- Antikensehnsucht und Maschinenglauben. Die Geschichte der Kunstkammer und die Zukunft der Kunstgeschichte, Berlin (Berlin) 1992.
- Florentiner Fußball. Die Renaissance der Spiele. Calcio als Fest der Medici, Frankfurt am Main (Campus) 1993; reviced edition Berlin (Wagenbach) 2001.
- Repräsentation und Bildmagie der Renaissance als Formproblem, München (Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Stiftung) 1995.
- Sankt Peter in Rom und das Prinzip der produktiven Zerstörung. Bau und Abbau von Bramante bis Bernini, Berlin (Wagenbach) 2000.
- Thomas Hobbes visuelle Strategien. Der Leviathan: Urbild des modernen Staates. Werkillustrationen und Portraits, Berlin (Akademie) 1999. New edition under the title Thomas Hobbes: Der Leviathan. Das Urbild des modernen Staates und seine Gegenbilder. 1651-2001, Berlin (Akademie) 2003.
- Die Fenster der Monade. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz' Theater der Natur und Kunst, Berlin (Akademie) 2004.
- Darwins Korallen. Die frühen Evolutionsdiagramme und die Tradition der Naturgeschichte, Berlin (Wagenbach) 2005.
- Bilder bewegen. Von der Kunstkammer zum Endspiel, Berlin (Wagenbach) 2007.
- Galilei der Künstler. Der Mond, die Sonne, die Hand, Berlin (Akademie) 2007.
- Der Künstler als Verbrecher. Ein Element der frühmodernen Rechts- und Staatstheorie, München (Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Stiftung) 2008.
- Michelangelo. Fünf Essays, Berlin (Wagenbach) 2009.
- Theorie des Bildakts. Frankfurter Adorno-Vorlesungen 2007, Berlin (Suhrkamp) 2010.
As editor(selection):
- (as coeditor): Aby WarburgAby WarburgAbraham Moritz Warburg, known as Aby Warburg, was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private Library for Cultural Studies, the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, later Warburg Institute...
. Akten des internationalen Symposions, Berlin (Akademie) 1990. - (as coeditor): Edgar Wind. Kunsthistoriker und Philosoph, Berlin (Akademie) 1998.
- (as coeditor): Theater der Natur und Kunst. Wunderkammern des Wissens, 2 Bände, Berlin (Henschel) 2000.
- (as guesteditor): Jahrbuch für Universitätsgeschichte Bd. 5 (2002): Themenband „Universität und Kunst“, Stuttgart (Steiner) 2002.
- (as coeditor) Visuelle Argumentationen. Die Mysterien der Repräsentation und die Berechenbarkeit der Welt, München (Fink) 2006.
- (as coeditor) Klassizismus/Gotik. Karl Friedrich Schinkel und die patriotische Baukunst. München/Berlin (Dt. Kunstverlag) 2007.
- (as coeditor): Das technische Bild. Kompendium zu einer Stilgeschichte wissenschaftlicher Bilder, Berlin (Akademie) 2008.
- (as coeditor): In der Mitte Berlins. 200 Jahre Kunstgeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (Gebr. Mann) 2010.
- (as editor of the series): Bildwelten des Wissens. Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik, Berlin (Akademie), halbjährlich seit 2003. Bd. 1.1: Bilder in Prozessen - Band 1.2: Oberflächen der Theorie - Band 2.1: Bildtechniken des Ausnahmezustandes - Band 2.2: Instrumente des Sehens - Band 3.1: Bildtextile Ordnungen - Band 3.2: Digitale Form - Band 4.1: Farbstrategien - Band 4.2: Bilder ohne Betrachter - Band 5.1: Systemische Räume - Band 5.2: Imagination des Himmels - Band 6.1: Ikonographie des Gehirns - Band 6.2: Grenzbilder - Band 7.1: Bildendes Sehen - Band 7.2: Erscheinende Mathematik - Band 8.1: Kontaktbilder – Band 8.2: Graustufen