Christof Thoenes (1928–2018) studied art history in Berlin and
Pavia, before completing his doctorate in Berlin. Thoenes was
Honorary Professor in Hamburg and worked many years for the
Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute) in Rome. He
contributed to numerous publications on Italian art, particularly
on architecture and architectural theory of the 15th to 18th
centuries.
Frank Zöllner wrote his doctoral thesis on motifs originating from
Antiquity in the history of art and architecture of the Medieval
and Renaissance periods (1987). He is also the author of a
postdoctoral treatise on motion and expression in the art of
Leonardo da Vinci, published in 2010. He has published numerous
works on Renaissance art and art theory, and on 20th-century art.
Since 1996 he has been Professor of Medieval and Modern Art at the
University of Leipzig. For TASCHEN he has authored the XL
monographs on Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
If a visit to the Sistine Chapel is not on the cards, this
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