معرفی
Gerd Blum is a Professor of Art History at the Kunstakademie Münster (University of Fine Arts Münster) since 2011 and an Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna since 2017. He studied art history, philosophy, and classical archaeology in Munich, Bochum, Berlin, and Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore), earning his PhD at the University of Basel in 1999.
- 1998-2001: Assistant Professor, University of Constance
- 2007-2008: Visiting Professor, University of Heidelberg
- 2014: Visiting Professor, University of Vienna
- 2010-2011: Visiting Fellow, Exzellenzcluster 'Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration', Constance
Research Focus
Blum's scholarship explores intersections between early modern art historiography, Renaissance architectural theory, and modernist art reception. His work examines how formal analysis and iconology interact in art historical writing, particularly through case studies like Vasari's Vite and Michelangelo's Moses. Current projects include an edited volume on Michelangelo's Moses in Counter-Reformation Rome and studies on postwar German art historiography of Modernism.
Recent Publications
His publications demonstrate sustained engagement with visual epistemology, spatial representation, and text-image relationships spanning Alberti's window theory, Palladio's villa design, and Manet's skeptical modernism. The Fenestra Prospectiva monograph (2015) and Giorgio Vasari: The Inventor of the Renaissance (2011) represent major contributions to Renaissance studies.
Scientific Recognition
- 2023: Elected Ordinary Member, Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- 2010: Awarded Aby-Warburg-Foundation Prize
- 2010-2011: DFG-funded Fellowship at Universität Konstanz
Advising and Collaborations
Blum has collaborated with institutions including Tongji University Shanghai, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München, and Exzellenzcluster 'Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration'. He co-edited the Bild+Bild series with Steffen Bogen and David Ganz, focusing on multi-part image forms and visual combinatorics.
