Dr Matthias Vollmer

Art historian and a specialist in the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Germany. He read History of Art, Philosophy, and Orientalism at the Freie Universität Berlin and did his PhD on mediaeval book illustration. Matthias now lectures on the European Studies Programme at the Freie Universität Berlin. He also regularly lectures at the Courtauld Summer School and the Berlin University of the Art. His current work focuses on colour theories in the Dutch 17th century. He has published on Mediaeval Book Painting and architecture and, among others, contributed an article to the Courtauld exhibition catalogue Michelangelo’s Dream in 2010.