Thomas W . Gaehtgens
Who directed or managed German Center for Art History from 1997 to 2007?
German Center for Art History The German Center for Art History ( Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte or DFK Paris ) is an independent art history research institute . Located in the heart of Paris , the DFK Paris is a forum for experts from around the world to exchange ideas . Here French and German intellectual traditions engage in a fruitful dialogue with international currents of thought , promoting innovative interdisciplinary research on the arts of both countries , viewed in a global context . From mediaeval to contemporary art , numerous topics are explored in research projects , fellowships and symposia ; the results are then made available to a wider public through series published by the institute . The DFK Paris , like its partner institutes in Beirut , Istanbul , London , Moscow , Rome , Tokyo , Warsaw , and Washington , belongs to the Max Weber Foundation – Foundation of German Humanities Institutes Abroad ( DGIA ) , a public-law foundation under the authority of the German federal government . The DFK Paris is funded through this foundation by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research ( BMBF ) . History . The German Center for Art History was founded in 1997 as a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research . Its inception fulfilled a longstanding wish in the art history research community , to provide an institutional framework for studies on French art and its reception around the world . An important goal was to centralize German-language art historical research in France as well as to spark the interest of French researchers in German art and in German-language art history . Over the years , as an independent research institute , the DFK Paris has become a forum for lively international exchange about art history and theory . Following a recommendation from its Academic Advisory Council , the DFK Paris became a member of the Foundation of German Humanities Institutes Abroad ( DGIA ) in 2006 , operating directly under the German federal government , which became the Max Weber Foundation in 2012 . Initially located at Place des Victoires , the DFK Paris has been housed since October 2011in the Hôtel Lully . It is thus located in the immediate vicinity of the French National Institute for Art History ( Institut national dhistoire de lart - INHA ) , one of its main partner institutions , as well as its . Direction . 1997 to 2007 Thomas W . Gaehtgens ( Founding Director ) 2007 to 2009 Julia Drost ( Interim Director ) 2009 to 2014 In February 2014 , expert for french art of the 17th and 18th centuries , became the head of the institute . Fellowships & Scholarships . Supporting young researchers from around the world is a core mission of the German Center for Art History . Many different programs , funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research , are available for undergraduate , graduate , and postdoctoral students as well as assistant professors and those seeking accreditation to become full professors . The center also has a mission as a facilitator between researchers in France and Germany , and it encourages networking among young researchers from around the world . The financial aid programs of the DFK Paris include short-term scholarships , longer-term funding for PhD and postdoctoral researchers , and other formats , such as study trips , courses , and colloquia for specific educational purposes . The extensive scholarship program enables young researchers to conduct research in France and to exchange on their topics with the DFK Paris team of researchers . Every year , an annual theme is selected to address current debates in the field . The resulting topics provide a starting point from which an international group of grant recipients conducts research in the framework of a study program . The results of their research projects are made available to a wideraudience through specialized symposia , academic conferences , and series published by the German Center for Art History . Research projects . In addition to individual research activities , the DFK Paris is engaged in long-term projects that involve international cooperations with institutions in France and abroad - ARCHITRAVE – Art and Architecture in German Travel Accounts to Paris and Versailles in the Baroque Era - Displaced Images : The Modern Faces of Art - Surrealism and Money : Dealers , Collectors , and Gallerists - OwnReality . To Each His Own Reality - Travelling Art Histories - Catalog of the historic collections of the Hôtel de Beauharnais in Paris - Between Art , Science and Occupation Policy - Digital Humanities Publications . The German Center for Art History publishes works by its own researchers and accepts essays and monographies by art historians from around the world . The editorial line , at first oriented toward annual themes and long-term projects , has opened up to other methodological and historiographical perspectives . It now incorporates studies on subjects as varied as artistic exchanges , art collections and collectors , classical architecture , art theory , and the political significance of images . In addition to its Passages/Passagen , Passerelles , and Monographies series , published by Éditions de la Maison des sciences de lhomme ( MSH ) in France and by the Deutscher Kunstverlag ( DKV ) in Germany , the DFK Paris recently created the Passages online series , available on Heidelberg University’s open access publication platform arthistoricum.net – ART-Books . The institute’s publication program is rounded out by numerous co-editions developed with partner institutions . Alongside print editions , the DFK Paris now produces digital editions , following an open access policy . Passages/Passagen . Initially publishing conference proceedings and papers of the annual themes at the DFK Paris , the Passages/Passagen series was expanded to include broader areas of research , mostly from PhD and postdoctoral dissertations in art history . In the Passages/Passagen series , equal attention is paid to the writing , critical apparatus , images , and graphic design , resulting in outstanding scholarly works , accessible to a wide readership . Passages online . The DFK Paris fully supports the principle of open access , in order to make the results of its research quickly and easily available to an international readership . In 2017 , the two existing publication series , Passages/Passagen and Passerelles , were joined by Passages online , which presents the results of scholarly colloquia and annual themes in digital form . These publications are accessible as Open Access online resources via arthistoricum.net – ART-Books . Additionally , some volumes are available as print-on-demand publications . Passerelles . The Passerelles series is dedicated to essays on art history . Short texts analyze the history of critical reception , artistic tastes , and anthropological aspects of art ; provide in-depth studies of historiographical works and debates ; and delve into theoretical questions or specific genres chosen by artists . As such , these essays offer new possibilities for exploring different times , places , and disciplines . Library . The German Center for Art History houses a specialized library on German art , cultural and scholarly history . It offers an overview of art theoretical literature on France as well as French-German artistic relations . The library supports researchers at the center in their research projects on French art history . With thematic emphases such as fashion , the history of art collecting , the Bauhaus or provenance research , it reflects the vitality of a spectrum of research spanning from the Middle Ages to the present . A unique collection of art theoretical and aesthetic texts , composed largely of original editions from the seventeenth to the twentieth century , countless rarities , as well as digital collections and databases , can be viewed in the reading room of the Hôtel Lully . Of the 96,000 resources currently available and the 193 circulating , primarily German-language journals , more than 80 percent are on display in open stacks . Readers of the DFK Paris library benefit from its close proximity to its partner libraries at the INHA , with which the library is linked through a cooperation agreement , as well as to the special collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France ( BnF ) , the Louvre , and the Centre Pompidou . The forum is a member of the Art Libraries Network Florence-Paris-Munich-Rome , kubikat , whose world-renown online catalog represents the most comprehensive library database on art history . It currently comprises more than 1.7 million titles , 900,000 of which are articles from scholarly journals , collected volumes , and online publications . The kubikat is in cooperation with the Bibliotheksverbund Bayern ( BVB ) and the Art Discovery Group Catalogue . Hôtel Lully . Hôtel Lully , the building housing the German Center for Art History , is located in the first arrondissement of Paris . Built in the seventeenth century , the Hôtel Lully owes its construction to Jean-Baptiste Lully , an Italian-born French composer who became the court composer for Louis XIV . According to a local legend , Lully received 11,000 livres from Molière to help purchase the land and construct the building . The decorative splendor dating from the reign of the Sun King remains visible in the façade , embellished with Bacchanalian masks—a registered historic monument—a bas-relief depicting musical symbols , and the ceiling paintings in the drawing room . In addition to the freely accessible library and its reading room , the now modern interiors feature a conference room in the basement , a meeting room with videoconferencing capabilities , a research studio for grant recipients , and offices for the DFK Paris team and third-party funded research projects . External links . - Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte : Mission and History . - Max Weber Stiftung : DFK Paris . - Verband deutscher Kunsthistoriker : Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte/Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art Paris - Histoires de Paris : Hôtel de Lully