Merlin Hurx
Dep. History and Art History - Art History
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Merlin Hurx obtained his degree in Art History at Utrecht University cum laude in 2004. He continued his studies with a Research Master Art History in Utrecht (cum laude, 2006). From 2006 he conducted a PhD research at the Department of Architecture of Delft University of Technology. Currently he is a university lecturer of medieval architecture history at the Department of History and Art History of Utrecht University. His research focuses on design and construction practice in the late Middle Ages and early modern times. In 2012, an editing of his dissertation was published: Architect and Contractor. The rise of the construction market in the Netherlands 1350-1530.
Research Interest
Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (RMA)
Publications
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Hurx, M. (2015). Book review: 'K. Emmens, with contributions from E. den Hartog and C. de Boer van Hoogevest, The St. Joriskerk in Amersfoort. A medieval church for city and chapter, Amersfoort (Bekking & Blitz) 2012, 303 p., Ill. at noon, ISBN 978 9061 094 593, € 24.90 '. Bulletin KNOB: magazine of the Royal Netherlands Antiquarian Bond , 114 (5), (pp. 260-262) (3 p.).
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Hurx, M. (15-11-2015). Book review: 'Anne-Christine Brehm: Hans Niesenberger von Graz. Ein Architekt der Spätgotik am Oberrhein, Basel: Schwabe 2013, ISBN 978-3-7965-3194-1, EUR 65.50 ' . Sehepunkte. Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften , 15 (11).
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Hurx, M. & Ottenheym, KA (2015). "To see its form considerably better". Architectural models in the Low Countries, 1500-1700. In R. Tassin & S. Frommel (Ed.), Les maquettes d'architecture - fonction et evolution d'un instrument de conception et de realization (pp. 219-230). Rome / Paris: Picard.
