The first Fellowship of the Center for Romanticism Research has been awarded to the renowned art historian Prof. Dr. Cordula Grewe, Professor of Art History at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Her research focuses on European art from the 18th to the 20th century, in particular on German Romanticism, religious visual cultures and the intersection of art, religion and politics. She also focuses on the theory and practice of the arabesque and the role of art in the context of social upheaval. Grewe is the author of several highly acclaimed monographs, including The Nazarenes: Romantic Avant-Garde and the Art of the Concept and Painting the Sacred in the Age of Romanticism. She has been a fellow at the Getty Research Institute and the Free University of Berlin, among others, and is also involved in digital art and exhibition projects.

Website Cordula Grewe / Bloomington University, Indiana (USA)