Franz von Reber

Franz von Reber (10 November 1834 in Cham, Bavaria – 4 September 1919 in Pöcking) was a German art historian.[1]

After studying at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the Free University of Berlin, he went to Rome, and in 1858 established himself as lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, was appointed professor at the Polytechnicum of Munich in 1863 and director of the Royal Gallery in 1875.

Writings

  • Die Ruinen Roms und der Campagna (2d ed. 1879).
  • Geschichte der Baukunst im Altertums (History of ancient architecture, 1864–67).
  • Kunstgeschichte des Altertums, 1871 ("History of Ancient Art"; Eng. trans. and supplement by Clarke, New York, 1882).
  • Geschichte der neueren deutschen Kunst (History of recent German art, 2d ed. 1884)
  • Kunstgeschichte des Mittelalters, 1886 ("History of mediaeval art", Eng. trans. 1887).
  • Geschichte der Malerei vom Anfang des 14. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts (History of painting from the beginning of the 14th until the end of the 18th century, 1894).[1]
  • Die phrygischen Felsendenkmäler (Phrygian cliff memorials, 1897).
  • Vitruvius, Des Vitruvius zehn Bücher über Architektur, as translator (1865).
  • Catalogue of the paintings in the Old Pinakothek Munich with a historical introduction by Franz von Reber; translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke (1885).
  • Max Rooses, Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool (History of the Antwerp School of Painting) translated as: Geschichte der Malerschule Antwerpens von Q. Massijs bis zu den letzten Ausläufern der Schule P.P. Rubens (2nd edition, 1889).[2]

References

  • "Reber, Franz von". Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Reber, Franz von" . Encyclopedia Americana.
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Reber, Franz von" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  1. ^ a b Franz Xaver von Reber de.Wikisource
  2. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works
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