Berthold Hub

Berthold Hub serves as a private professor at the University of Vienna's Institute of Art History within the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies. He maintains an active academic career with recent visiting professorships at Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin (since SS 2020), the University of Vienna (Winter semester 2019), and the University of Zurich (Winter semester 2017/Summer semester 2018). His academic journey includes significant research positions at ETH Zurich (HS 2017-HS 2019) and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (2013-2015).

Hub's research spans multiple interconnected domains including the aesthetics of antiquity, cultural history of the gaze, theories of vision, and architecture and architectural theory of the Italian Renaissance. His work on Neoplatonism and Michelangelo represents a significant contribution to Renaissance studies, while his investigations into Spanish architecture and sculpture of the 17th-18th centuries and early 20th century architects' trips to Italy demonstrate remarkable breadth. His habilitation work on Filarete established him as a leading scholar on this Renaissance architect.

Analysis of Hub's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on Renaissance architectural theory, particularly examining Filarete's contributions. His work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between architectural history, philosophical aesthetics, and religious studies. The publications show particular interest in the relationship between text and image in architectural theory, the symbolic dimensions of perspective, and the reception of classical antiquity in Renaissance architecture.

• Erwin Schrödinger Fellow of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
• Fellow of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (Max Planck Institute)
• Scholarship from the Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Foundation (Vienna)
• Fellow at the Warburg Institute, London (Austrian Academic Exchange Service)

Hub has supervised numerous academic projects and contributed to major research initiatives including the 'Ethics and Architecture' project at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. His international collaborations with institutions in Zurich, Berlin, and Florence demonstrate his significant standing in the field of art history. The Institute of Art History at the University of Vienna serves as his primary academic base where he contributes to both teaching and research activities.