Richard Krautheimer

Richard Kraut Heimer ( born July 6, 1897 in Fuerth, † November 1, 1994 in Rome ) was a German - American art historian.

Life

Krautheimer, son of Nathan (1854-1910) and Martha Krautheimer, born fellow (1875-1967), comes one of the most distinguished Jewish families Fürth. His sister ( born 1900 ), mother of the historian Gerard E. Caspary, was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942, his sister Lotte (married Friedman, 1909-2005 ) emigrated in 1934 to Stockholm.

In the winter semester 1916/1917 to Krautheimer enrolled at the University of Munich for the study of history. Since he was drafted into military service, however, he was able to resume his studies until Kriegsnotsemester 1919. He studied in the first semester of art history at August Liebmann Mayer and Paul Frankl, in addition, he took part in exercises in German, philosophy, history, Greek art history, state and constitutional law and politics. Since the second semester, he was a member of Henry Wölfflin Art History Seminar. In the winter semester 1920/21 he studied in Berlin, SS 1921 in Marburg, since the winter semester 1921/22, in Hall. 1923 Krautheimer was in Hall Paul Frankl phil with a thesis on The churches of the mendicant orders in Germany for Dr. doctorate. In the winter of 1923/24, Krautheimer worked for the Prussian monuments in Erfurt; Here he learned the art historian Trude Hess (1902-1987), whom he married in March 1924. He later described himself during this time as " very clever, but terribly insecure and therefore arrogant; awkward in dealing with people; ambitious, always in opposition and quite rude to the older generation. Not a very nice young man. "

1927 Krautheimer habilitated at Richard Hamann in Marburg with the work Medieval synagogues. In Marburg he received the venia Legendi. In the same year he began work on " Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae ".

In August 1933 Krautheimer emigrated with his wife to Rome and the end of 1935 to the USA. Here he obtained a position at the University of Louisville and founded there the history of art. Since 1937 Krautheimer taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. He also held every two semesters lectures on architectural history at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. There he taught since 1952 as a professor of architectural history. With 73 years Richard Krautheimer was professor emeritus at the Institute of Fine Arts in the winter semester 1970/71. He moved in 1971 to Rome, where he lived in the building of the Bibliotheca Hertziana. In 1973 he was awarded an international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize.

During his scientific activities, Krautheimer has repeatedly dealt intensively with the architecture of Rome. 1976 was the fifth and last volume of the " Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae " in print. On April 21, 1994, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Rome. He was buried at the Cimitero acattolico in Rome.

Publications (selection)

  • Wolfgang Frankl, Spencer Corbett and Alfred K. Frazer: Corpus basilicarum Christianarum Romae - Early Christian Basilicas of Rome, 5 volumes, Vatican City from 1937 to 1977.
  • Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1965; 4th revised edition 1986
  • Rome. Profile of a City, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1980, ISBN 0 - 691-03947 -X German Rome. Fate of a City, 312-1308, CH Beck, Munich 1987.
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