Since 1 June 2007 Lex Bosman (1956) is professor in the History of Architecture (architectuurgeschiedenis / geschiedenis van de bouwkunst) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam ( UvA ) participating in the BA and MA programs of Art History and related fields. He teaches and publishes about early Christian, medieval and Renaissance architecture, and about Dutch architecture in the 18th century as well as Dutch colonial architecture and town-planning.
His research is focused on medieval and renaissance architecture and on the meaning of architecture. In general it is the process of planning, designing and construction and the way several individuals and institutions depend on each other during this process that fascinates him. These are the general guidelines for the research. Research into the use of spolia in the architecture in Rome fits well in this general theme.
Lex Bosman was a member of the international editorial board of Fragmenta. Mededelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut in Rome , member of the International Consultative Committee of the European Romanesque Centre (Europäisches Romanik Zentrum , Halle/Merseburg), member of the Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome (Reale Istituto Neerlandese a Roma ), commissioner of the Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser. He is a former member of the board of the Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici (association of Dutch art historians), and from 2007 to 2015 he was co-editor of the Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond ( Bulletin KNOB), the major Dutch journal on architectural history.
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"Vorbild und Zitat. Dom zu Köln (Cologne)'
My research in architectural history is focused on medieval and Renaissance architecture, with special interest in the possible meanings of architecture. The process of planning, design and construction and the way individuals and institutions depend on each other during this process, is fascinating to me in various ways.
Specific fields of interest are:
- Uses and meanings of spolia . Ongoing research, about which publications appear and papers are presented. At the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians I co-chaired a session "Architecture in pieces. The representation of Architecture by means of Spolia" with Dale Kinney, Pittsburgh (Pa.) 12 April 2007. Several projects contribute to the general theme of the use of spolia in early Christian, medieval and Renaissance architecture:
Spolia in the early christian S. Giovanni in Laterano in Rome
The use of spolia in St. Peter's in Rome
The use of spolia in the cathedral of Magdeburg
- Ambulatories in medieval architecture
- The use of and changes in architectural drawings and architectural models
- Historiography of architectural history
Participation in conferences in the Netherlands, and for instance in Italy, Germany and the United States forms an interesting way to share and discuss the results of research with colleagues.
Architectuurgeschiedenis (Geschiedenis van de Bouwkunst) wordt aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam gedoceerd binnen de opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis, op BA- en MA-niveau. Over het brede terrein van de geschiedenis van architectuur en stedenbouw - vroegchristelijke architectuur, middeleeuwen, renaissance en nieuwere tijd tot en met de moderne en eigentijdse architectuur en monumentenzorg - wordt onderwijs gegeven en onderzoek gedaan. In het onderwijs worden onder meer de omgang met gebouwd erfgoed, typologische ontwikkelingen in de architectuurgeschiedenis en de vraagstukken van moderne stedenbouw en architectuur aan de orde gesteld. Sinds 1 september 2015 behoort ook dr. Gabri van Tussenbroek van (bureau) Monumenten en Archeologie ( M&A) van de gemeente Amsterdam als hoogleraar Stedelijke identiteit en monumenten, in het bijzonder van de stad Amsterdam tot de staf van architectuurhistorici. Verder wordt ook samengewerkt met verwante disciplines en opleidingen zoals Erfgoedstudies.
Architectuurgeschiedenis hoort bij de opleiding Kunstgeschiedenis en is gevestigd in een aantrekkelijk gebouw op het Binnengasthuisterrein (Turfdraagsterpad 15-17).