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With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary academic exchange. The Institute makes its research findings accessible to the public in exhibitions and publications. Through calls for papers, research fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to promote collaboration with academics from around the world.

With its programme of events and exhibitions, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for academic exchange. Through its calls for papers, fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to foster academic collaboration.
What’s on

Events

Exhibitions

Recent Publications

Call for Papers & Applications

Work with us
Institute
Institute

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a research institute of the Max Planck Society dedicated to the history of art and architecture. Its main areas of focus are the art and visual culture of Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean sphere in the global context. It is particularly committed to supporting, advancing and networking international young academics.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a Max Planck Institute dedicated to researching the history of art and architecture. Its main areas of focus are the art and visual culture of Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean in the global context.
About the Institute

Departments & Research Groups

People

Equal Opportunities

Research Opportunities

History

Archives

Scientific Advisory Board

Board of Trustees

Förderverein

Sponsors and Patrons
Research
Research

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz positions itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. This includes questions related to the professional ethics of art history, the relationship between ethics and architecture, and the concern for cultural heritage. Projects at the Institute look e.g. at transcultural dynamics in the Mediterranean, European and global context, at urban and visual spaces, the history of knowledge and museology, photography and its archives, art history and ecology, the work of Leonardo da Vinci, image/language constellations, image and law, and with discourses on image and object.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz positions itself as a laboratory of basic art-historical research. This includes questions related to the ethics of art history and the relationship between ethics and architecture, and the concern for cultural heritage.
Overview of Research Areas

Department Alessandro Nova

Department Gerhard Wolf

External Member Jaś Elsner

Senior Scholar Hannah Baader

Senior Scholar Hana Gründler

Minerva Research Group

“4A Lab” Research Program

Junior Professor Wolf-Dietrich Löhr

Director emeritus Max Seidel

Photothek

Doctoral Projects

Postdoctoral Projects

Staff Projects

Collaborative Research Projects

Associated Projects

Completed Projects
Publications
Publications

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public. The Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz is one of the oldest and most prestigious art-historical journals worldwide. Research reports provide information about the Institute's activities and about the academic projects of its staff and fellows.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, as well as a specialist journal and research reports, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public.
Overview of Publications

Mitteilungen des KHI

Individual Publications

Research Reports

Italienische Forschungen

Studi e Ricerche

I mandorli

Collana del KHI

Connecting Art Histories in the Museum

German Edition of the 'Vite' of Giorgio Vasari

Die Kirchen von Siena
Library
Library

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library, with its collections and working conditions, forms the most important basis of academic study for members of the Institute and guests. Both historical and current specialist literature from various disciplines is available for consultation by an international community of researchers. With its elaborate cataloguing and indexing system, the Library also makes a significant contribution towards assuring the quality of the research conducted at the institute.

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library with its collections forms the most important basis of academic study. Both historical and current specialist literature is available for consultation.
About the Library

Main Areas of the Collection

Catalogues

Digital library

Joint Initiatives

Library Projects
Photothek
Photothek

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art and architecture. As a research facility and laboratory, it plays a leading role in the international and transdisciplinary debate on the function of photo archives in 21st-century research and societies. Its daily tasks, such as photo campaigns, cataloguing and digitization, are inseparably linked with its scholarly activities. With its projects, conferences, workshops and publications, the Photothek makes an active contribution to the academic life of the Institute.

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art. As a research laboratory, it contributes to the international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of photo archives in the 21st century.
About the Photothek

Holdings

Digital Resources

Projects

Publications

Photography Reference Library

Florence Declaration

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News
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With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary academic exchange. The Institute makes its research findings accessible to the public in exhibitions and publications. Through calls for papers, research fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to promote collaboration with academics from around the world.

With its programme of events and exhibitions, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for academic exchange. Through its calls for papers, fellowships and job opportunities, it aims to foster academic collaboration.
What’s on

Events

Exhibitions

Recent Publications

Call for Papers & Applications

Work with us
Institute
Institute

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a research institute of the Max Planck Society dedicated to the history of art and architecture. Its main areas of focus are the art and visual culture of Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean sphere in the global context. It is particularly committed to supporting, advancing and networking international young academics.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz is a Max Planck Institute dedicated to researching the history of art and architecture. Its main areas of focus are the art and visual culture of Italy, Europe and the Mediterranean in the global context.
About the Institute

Departments & Research Groups

People

Equal Opportunities

Research Opportunities

History

Archives

Scientific Advisory Board

Board of Trustees

Förderverein

Sponsors and Patrons
Research
Research

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz positions itself as a laboratory of basic research in art history in dialogue with other disciplines. This includes questions related to the professional ethics of art history, the relationship between ethics and architecture, and the concern for cultural heritage. Projects at the Institute look e.g. at transcultural dynamics in the Mediterranean, European and global context, at urban and visual spaces, the history of knowledge and museology, photography and its archives, art history and ecology, the work of Leonardo da Vinci, image/language constellations, image and law, and with discourses on image and object.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz positions itself as a laboratory of basic art-historical research. This includes questions related to the ethics of art history and the relationship between ethics and architecture, and the concern for cultural heritage.
Overview of Research Areas

Department Alessandro Nova

Department Gerhard Wolf

External Member Jaś Elsner

Senior Scholar Hannah Baader

Senior Scholar Hana Gründler

Minerva Research Group

“4A Lab” Research Program

Junior Professor Wolf-Dietrich Löhr

Director emeritus Max Seidel

Photothek

Doctoral Projects

Postdoctoral Projects

Staff Projects

Collaborative Research Projects

Associated Projects

Completed Projects
Publications
Publications

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public. The Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz is one of the oldest and most prestigious art-historical journals worldwide. Research reports provide information about the Institute's activities and about the academic projects of its staff and fellows.

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz issues a range of individual and serial publications, as well as a specialist journal and research reports, through which it makes its research findings accessible to the public.
Overview of Publications

Mitteilungen des KHI

Individual Publications

Research Reports

Italienische Forschungen

Studi e Ricerche

I mandorli

Collana del KHI

Connecting Art Histories in the Museum

German Edition of the 'Vite' of Giorgio Vasari

Die Kirchen von Siena
Library
Library

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library, with its collections and working conditions, forms the most important basis of academic study for members of the Institute and guests. Both historical and current specialist literature from various disciplines is available for consultation by an international community of researchers. With its elaborate cataloguing and indexing system, the Library also makes a significant contribution towards assuring the quality of the research conducted at the institute.

In its function as archive and work tool, the Library with its collections forms the most important basis of academic study. Both historical and current specialist literature is available for consultation.
About the Library

Main Areas of the Collection

Catalogues

Digital library

Joint Initiatives

Library Projects
Photothek
Photothek

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art and architecture. As a research facility and laboratory, it plays a leading role in the international and transdisciplinary debate on the function of photo archives in 21st-century research and societies. Its daily tasks, such as photo campaigns, cataloguing and digitization, are inseparably linked with its scholarly activities. With its projects, conferences, workshops and publications, the Photothek makes an active contribution to the academic life of the Institute.

The Photothek is one of the most important collections of documentary photographs of Italian art. As a research laboratory, it contributes to the international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of photo archives in the 21st century.
About the Photothek

Holdings

Digital Resources

Projects

Publications

Photography Reference Library

Florence Declaration

Contact

Department Alessandro Nova

Christine Klöckner Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: kloeckner@khi.fi.it

Pavla Langer Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: pavla.langer@khi.fi.it

Mandy Richter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-93
E-Mail: richter@khi.fi.it

Christine Klöckner Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: kloeckner@khi.fi.it

Pavla Langer Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: pavla.langer@khi.fi.it

Mandy Richter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-93
E-Mail: richter@khi.fi.it

Christine Klöckner Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: kloeckner@khi.fi.it

Pavla Langer Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-85
E-Mail: pavla.langer@khi.fi.it

Mandy Richter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-93
E-Mail: richter@khi.fi.it

Department Gerhard Wolf

Ester Fasino Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-58
E-Mail: fasino@khi.fi.it

Eva Mußotter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-67
E-Mail: mussotter@khi.fi.it

Ester Fasino Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-58
E-Mail: fasino@khi.fi.it

Eva Mußotter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-67
E-Mail: mussotter@khi.fi.it

Ester Fasino Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-58
E-Mail: fasino@khi.fi.it

Eva Mußotter Directorate Secretary

Phone: +39 055 24911-67
E-Mail: mussotter@khi.fi.it

Research coordination and Public relations

Tim Urban Research Coordinator and PR-Manager

Phone: +39 055 24911-90
E-Mail: urban@khi.fi.it

Tim Urban Research Coordinator and PR-Manager

Phone: +39 055 24911-90
E-Mail: urban@khi.fi.it

Tim Urban Research Coordinator and PR-Manager

Phone: +39 055 24911-90
E-Mail: urban@khi.fi.it

Library

Lisa Hanstein Academic Assistant

Phone: +39 055 24911-60
E-Mail: hanstein@khi.fi.it

Lisa Hanstein Academic Assistant

Phone: +39 055 24911-60
E-Mail: hanstein@khi.fi.it

Lisa Hanstein Academic Assistant

Phone: +39 055 24911-60
E-Mail: hanstein@khi.fi.it

Photo library

Almut Goldhahn Academic Collaborator of the Photo Library

Phone: +39 055 24911-39
E-Mail: goldhahn@khi.fi.it

Almut Goldhahn Academic Collaborator of the Photo Library

Phone: +39 055 24911-39
E-Mail: goldhahn@khi.fi.it

Almut Goldhahn Academic Collaborator of the Photo Library

Phone: +39 055 24911-39
E-Mail: goldhahn@khi.fi.it

Administration

Helga Zerrath Head of Administration

Phone: +39 055 24911-26
E-Mail: zerrath@khi.fi.it

Helga Zerrath Head of Administration

Phone: +39 055 24911-26
E-Mail: zerrath@khi.fi.it

Helga Zerrath Head of Administration

Phone: +39 055 24911-26
E-Mail: zerrath@khi.fi.it

Address

Address

Kunsthistorisches Institut
in Florenz
Max-Planck-Institut

Via Giuseppe Giusti, 44
50121 Florence / Italy

Phone: +39 055 24911-1
Fax: +39 055 24911-55

Opening hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 8pm

Photo Library of the
Kunsthistorisches Institut
in Florenz

Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
Via dei Servi 51
50122 Florence / Italy

Phone: +39 055 216707
Fax: +39 055 2676751

Opening hours:
Mon - Fri, 10am - 19pm

User ID Cards

User ID Cards, which allow access to the Library and Photothek, can be obtained at the following times:

Tues 10 – 11am
Wed 2 – 3pm
Thurs 10 – 11am

Further information:
tessere@khi.fi.it

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