Hans Jantzen (26 April 1881 in

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– 15 February 1967 in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

) was a German

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

who specialized in

Medieval art The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, gen ...

Life and work

Jantzen first studied law, then history of art, archaeology and philosophy at various universities. For instance, at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

he studied under Heinrich Wölfflin and at the University of Halle under

Adolph Goldschmidt Adolph Goldschmidt (15 January 1863 – 5 January 1944) was a Jewish German art historian. He taught at University of Berlin from 1892 to 1903, and University of Halle from 1904 to 1912. Biography He was born on 15 January 1863 in Hamburg, Ge ...

. In 1908 he completed his PhD dissertation on architecture depicted in Netherlandish paintings. In 1912, after finishing his

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sschrift on color in

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of the 17th century, he taught art history in Halle. In 1916, after a short period as a World War I soldier, he was appointed professor of art history at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

in the department

Wilhelm Vöge Wilhelm Vöge (16 February 1868 – 30 December 1952) was a German art historian, the discoverer of the Reichenau School of painting and one of the most important medievalists of the early 20th century. Whitney Stoddard called him the "fath ...

had created. During his Freiburg years, he became a friend of

Ernst Buschor Ernst Buschor (Hürben (Krumbach), Hürben, 2 June 1886 – Munich, 11 December 1961) was a German archaeologist and translator. Biography From 1905 he studied at the University of Munich as a pupil of classical archaeologist Adolf Furtwän ...

Ludwig Curtius Ludwig Curtius (December 13, 1874 – April 10, 1954) was a German archaeologist born in Augsburg. He is remembered for his investigations involving the development of ancient Greek and Roman art. He studied classical archaeology in Munich unde ...

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and

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

. His attention turned to the Middle Ages, especially Gothic art. In 1925 he published a book on German sculptors of the thirteenth century and two years later his groundbreaking essay, "Über den gotischen Kirchenraum", which introduced the term, "diaphane Struktur" into discussions about

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...

. In 1931, he moved to the University of Frankfurt, and in 1935 he was appointed professor of art history at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. As he sympathized with Nazi ideology for some time, he was dismissed from teaching after World War II, but reinstated shortly thereafter. In 1947 he published a monograph on

Ottonian art Ottonian art is a style in pre-romanesque German art, covering also some works from the Low Countries, northern Italy and eastern France. It was named by the art historian Hubert Janitschek after the Ottonian dynasty which ruled Germany and nort ...

.Renate Maas, "Hans Jantzens Analyse ottonischer Kunst: Der Bildraum als Symbol historischen Anfangs und ontologischen Ursprungs". In Ingrid Baumgärtner, ed., ''Raumkonzepte''. Göttingen, 2009, pp. 95-123. In 1951 he retired from Ludwig Maximilian University, returning to Freiburg where he lectured as an honorary professor in 1953. In 1962 he became known to English-speaking audiences when his book on three Gothic cathedrals, ''Kunst der Gotik'', appeared in English as ''High Gothic''. Jantzen's students included, among others,

Kurt Bauch Kurt Bauch (25 November 1897 in Neustadt-Glewe – 1 March 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German art historian with particular interest in the art of Rembrandt. The son of a Mecklenburg judge, Bauch studied art history at the University o ...

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Julius S. Held Julius Samuel Held (1905–2002) was an art historian, collector, and expert on Dutch painters Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt. He published several monographs and was a professor of art history at Barnard College, Columbi ...

Robert Oertel The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, Willibald Sauerländer and

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*''Das niederländische Architekturbild''. PhD dissertation, University of Halle, 1908. Published, Leipzig, 1910. *"Die Raumdarstellung bei kleiner Augendistanz". ''Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft'', vol. 6, 1911, pp. 119–123. *''Rembrandt''. Bielefeld, 1911. *''Farbenwahl und Farbengebung in der holländischen Malerei des XVII. Jahrhunderts''. Parchim i. M.,1912. *''Altchristliche Kunst''. Bielefeld, 1914. *"Über Prinzipien der Farbengebung in der Malerei". In ''Bericht / Kongress für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft''. Stuttgart, 1914, pp. 322–329. *''Bilderatlas zur Einführung in die Kunstgeschichte''. Esslingen, 1917. *''Vermeer: Das Milchmädchen''. Vienna, 1923. *''Deutsche Bildhauer des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts''. Leipzig, 1925. *''Konrad Witz''. Bielefeld, 1927. *"Über den gotischen Kirchenraum. Vortrag, gehalten bei der Jahresfeier der Freiburger Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft am 5. Nov. 1927". Freiburg, 1928. *''Das Münster zu Freiburg''. Burg bei Magdeburg, 1929. *''Leitfaden für den kunstgeschichtlichen Unterricht in der höheren Mädchenschule''. Berlin. 1930. *''Das Münster zu Strassburg''. Burg bei Magdeburg, 1933. *''Deutsche Kunst: Vom Karolingischen bis zum Barock''. Cologne, 1935. *''Geist und Schicksal der deutschen Kunst''. Cologne, 1935. *"Albrecht Altdorfers Passionsaltar aus St. Florian". ''Das Werk des Künstlers'', vol. 1, 1939, pp. 42–59. *"Giotto und der gotische Stil". ''Das Werk des Künstlers'', vol. 1, 1939, pp. 441–454. *"Die zeitliche Abfolge der Paduaner Fresken Giottos". ''Jahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen'', vol. 60, 1939, pp. 187–196. *''Das Wort als Bild in der frühmittelalterlichen Buchmalerei''. Cologne, 1940. *"Deutsche Kunstwissenschaft 1933-1942," ''Forschungen und Fortschritte'', vol. 18, December 1942, pp. 341–348. *"Heinrich Wölfflin". ''Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Philosophisch-historische Klasse)'', 1944–48, pp. 164–167. *"Wilhelm Pinder", ''Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Philosophisch-historische Klasse)'', 1944–48, pp. 178–179. *"Burgundische Gotik", ''Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Philosophisch-historische Klasse)'', vol. 5, 1948, pp. 3–37. *"Die Einheit Europas in der Geschichte seiner Kunst", ''Geistige Welt'', vol. 3, 1948, pp. 115–117. *''Über den gotischen Kirchenraum und andere Aufsätze''. Berlin, 1951. *"Otto Schmitt". ''Kunstchronik'', vol. 4, 1951, pp. 219–221. *"Edouards Manets Bar aux Folies-Bergère". In ''Beiträge für Georg Swarzenski zum 11. Januar 1951''. Berlin, 1951, pp. 228–232. *''Dürer: Der Maler''. Bern, 1952. *"Das niederländische Architekturbild". In ''Nederlandse Architektuurschilders 1600-1900''. Exh. cat. Centraal Museum Utrecht. Utrecht, 1953, pp. 1a-10a. *"Wilhelm Vöge". ''Kunstchronik'', vol. 6, no. 4, 1953, pp. 104–109. *"Unbekannte Arbeiten des 'Meisters mit dem Blattfries' und seines Kreises". ''Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft'', vol. 10, 1956, pp. 193–198. *''Die Kunstgelehrten''. Munich, 1959. *''Die Naumburger Stifterfiguren''. Stuttgart, 1959. *''High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, Amiens''. Translated from the German by James Palmes. New York, 1962. *''Die Gotik des Abendlandes: Idee und Wandel'', Cologne, 1962. *''Über den kunstgeschichtlichen Raumbegriff''. Darmstadt, 1962. *''Der Bamberger Reiter''. Stuttgart, 1964. *''Die Hagia Sophia des Kaisers Justinian in Konstantinopel''. Cologne, 1967. * Ottonische Kunst. F. Bruckmann, München 1947. Neuausgabe: Rowohlts deutsche Enzyklopädie, Nr. 89; Reinbek bei Hamburg 1959. Neuausgabe: Reimer, Berlin, 1990 * Kunst der Gotik: Klassische Kathedralen Frankreichs – Chartres, Reims, Amiens. Rowohlt, Hamburg 1957. Erweiterte Neuausgabe: Reimer, Berlin 1987, .

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Dictionary of Art Historians: Jantzen, HansMunzinger Biographien: Hans JantzenKIT: Jantzen, Hans
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jantzen, Hans German art historians German male non-fiction writers Writers from Hamburg 1881 births 1967 deaths

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