11.12.2024

Zwei Wissenschaftspreise für Saskia Quené

„Goldgrund und Perspektive. Fra Angelico im Glanz des Quattrocento“ gewinnt 2024 in Amsterdam und Göttingen.

Dr. Saskia C. Quené, seit Januar 2023 Mitarbeiterin unseres Instituts, hat für ihr Buch Goldgrund und Perspektive. Fra Angelico im Glanz des Quattrocento (Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2022) im Herbst zwei Preise gewonnen: Den Jan van Gelderprijs der Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici (VNK) erhielt sie am 25. Oktober in der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Amsterdam. Am 23. November 2024 folgte der Hans-Janssen-Preis für herausragende Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der europäischen Kunstgeschichte der Niedersächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Den mit 15.000 € dotierten Preis teilt sich Quené in diesem Jahr mit Lilla Mátyók-Engel (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).

Aus dem Gutachten der Jury des Jan van Gelderprijs: 
Goldgrund und Perspektive captivates readers with both its remarkable boldness and the apparent ease with which Saskia Quené addresses major questions in the field of art history. Despite this ease, Quené does not hesitate to challenge both herself and the reader. She leaves no stone unturned, questioning widely accepted interpretations, historiographic paradigms, and conventional terminology. These multifocal discourses evoke the image of a modern-day Zorro, fencing with multiple adversaries at once. Yet, like Zorro, the masked movie hero, Quené engages with a mind that is both flexible and agile. She wastes no time on rhetorical flourishes as she briskly examines gold, perspective, and the entire discipline of art history. This swiftness undoubtedly reflects Quené’s skill as a writer. While Dutch readers may sometimes struggle with verbose German texts and professorial grandiloquence, Quené’s writing avoids these pitfalls. Her phrasing is striking, her arguments are vigorous, and every sentence has substance. Occasionally, there is so much content that readers may need a moment to catch their breath, and her revisionism occasionally did not quite convince all jury members. However, the jury unanimously agrees that her book is genuinely thought-provoking. Quené positions herself, demonstrates impressive inventiveness and intellectual personality. Thus, in keeping with the spirit of the Jan van Gelder Prize for Art History, the jury has met ‘auspiciousness’ that is indeed ‘immediately realized.’

Quelle: https://www.kunsthistorici.nl/nieuws/jan-van-gelderprijs/