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Wolfgang Lotz ( *April 19, 1912 in Heilbronn; †October 24, 1981 in Rome) was a German art historian specialized in Italian Renaissance architecture. ==Life and work== Lotz first studied Law in Freiburg im Breisgau and then art history at the Universities of Munich and Hamburg, where he was a student of Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich. In 1937, he completed his Ph.D. dissertation on Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola's architecture. He first worked at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, and after his return from military service he was assigned to the International Commission for Monuments in Munich. Then he worked (under Heydenreich as director) as deputy director at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich. In 1952, he was appointed professor of art at Vassar, replacing Richard Krautheimer. In 1959, he again replaced Krautheimer, this time at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. From 1962 on, he was director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute of Art History in Rome.〔Christof Thoenes, "Wachstum: Die Bibliotheca Hertziana unter Wolfgang Lotz (1963 - 1980)". In ''100 Jahre Bibliotheca Hertziana''. Volume 1. ''Die Geschichte des Instituts 1913 - 2013'' (2013), pp. 154-163.〕 In 1974, he published, with Heydenreich, his most popular book, the 38th volume of the Pelican History of Art, entitled ''The Architecture in Italy: 1400-1600''.〔Review by Cecil Gould, ''Apollo'', volume 101, 1975, pp. 413-414.〕 It presents a survey of Italian Renaissance architecture in the Cinquecento, discussing the work of Donato Bramante, Giulio Romano, Michelangelo, and Andrea Palladio, among others, as well as the various centers of architectural activity throughout Italy. Three years later, Lotz published a selection of essays entitled, ''Studies in Italian Renaissance Architecture''.〔Massimo Bulgarelli, "Wolfgang Lotz e la storiografia dell’architettura del Rinascimento", In ''L’architettura del Rinascimento''. Milan 1997, pp. 223-228.〕 He was elected president of the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio in Vicenza and retired from the Bibliotheca Hertziana in 1980. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolfgang Lotz (art historian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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