Juergen Schulz
Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Emeritus:
History of Art & Architecture
Phone: 401-863-2543
Phone 2: 401-863-1174
juergen_schulz@brown.edu
Biography
Juergen Schulz is German by origin and came to the U.S. as a child in 1938. He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley (1945, 1948-1950), and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London University (1953-1958). He served in the U.S. Army (1945-1948) and worked as a journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle (1951) and United Press International, London (1952). He taught the history of art and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley (1958-1968) and at Brown University (1969-1995).
Interests
Professor Schulz is Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor Emeritus. His special interests are Italian Renaissance and medieval art, architecture and cartography, with emphasis on the art and architecture of Venice. He has written numerous articles; his books are: Venetian Painted Ceilings of the Renaissance, Berkeley/Los Angeles 1968, The Printed Plans and Panoramic Views of Venice, 1486-1797, Florence 1972, La cartografia tra scienza e arte: carte e cartografi del Rinascimento italiano, Modena 1990, and The New Palaces of Medieval Venice, University Park/London 2004. He is member of the Ateneo Veneto, Venice, Italy, and of the Consiglio Scientifico of the Centro Internazionale di studi di architettura "Andrea Palladio," Vicenza, Italy. He has been awarded the rank of Grande Ufficiale in the Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà della Repubblica Italiana.