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Cultural evening – Kristin B. Aavitsland

Martin Luther and the visual arts. The art historical consequences of the Reformation

Kristin B Aavitsland is an art historian and professor at the Theological Church Faculty in Oslo.

Aavitsland took a major in art history at the University of Oslo in 1994 on a thesis on the Arch of Constantine[1] and a doctorate in 2002 on a thesis on monumental painting and monastic culture in medieval Rome. She has researched visual culture in the Scandinavian Middle Ages and early modern times, and the history of art history in Norway. She has written the book Imagining the Human Condition in Medieval Rome in 2012. In 2014 she published a biography of Norway's second national antiquarian, Harry Fett.