Hans Belting

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Hans Belting (1935–2023) was a prominent German art historian and media theorist specializing in image science, contemporary art, and the Italian art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He held prestigious professorships at the Universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Karlsruhe. Belting is noted for his work on 'Bild-Anthropologie' (Image Anthropology) and his research into the reception of images in religious contexts. He was a member of several scientific academies and received numerous honors, including the Balzan Prize in 2015.[1,2]

Themes

  • image science
  • media theory
  • medieval art
  • Renaissance art
  • Bild-Anthropologie

Works by Hans Belting

  • Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres 2006 · Sonnabend Sundell Editions and Eyestorm · book ISBN 9780615115962 Includes the essay 'The Theater of Illusion' by Hans Belting.
  • Das Bild und sein Publikum im Mittelalter. Form und Funktion früher Bildtafeln der Passion 1981 · Mann · book ISBN 3-7861-1307-6
  • Bild und Kult. Eine Geschichte des Bildes vor dem Zeitalter der Kunst 1990 · Beck · book ISBN 3-406-34367-8
  • Bild-Anthropologie. Entwürfe für eine Bildwissenschaft 2001 · Fink · book ISBN 3-7705-3449-2
  • Florenz und Bagdad: eine westöstliche Geschichte des Blicks 2008 · Beck · book ISBN 978-3-406-57092-6
  • Ein Afrikaner in Paris. Léopold Sédar Senghor und die Zukunft der Moderne 2018 · Beck · book ISBN 978-3-406-71830-4 Co-authored with Andrea Buddensieg.

Awards

  • 2015 Balzan Prize Fondazione Internazionale Premio Balzan
  • 2007 Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres France

References

  1. Hans Belting - Wikipedia link
  2. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres - Sonnabend Sundell Editions, 2000 - eBay. 2000 link