Eckhard Leuschner

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Leuschner is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History and Institute Director at the Institute for Art History, University of Würzburg. His research spans Italian visual arts (15th–21st centuries), reproductive processes, iconography, cultural transfer, and concepts of the body/scale in art and architectural theory.

Key projects include the Typographia Medicea (c. 1600 translatio phenomena) and interdisciplinary studies on the academic nude (1650–1850). His work integrates methodologies from science history, cultural studies, and object theory.

He has secured funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), Volkswagen Foundation, and institutional grants. Collaborations include the Saxon Academy of Sciences, TU Dresden, and the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome.

• Awards:
  • Habilitation grant (Maria Reiche Program, TU Dresden)
  • Bibliotheca Hertziana short-term fellowship
  • VG Wort Science Fund printing subsidy