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Curriculum Vitae
Title(s), initials, first name, surname:
Dr. F.H. (Freek) Schmidt
Date and place of birth: October 20 1963 Nieuwer-Amstel
Nationality: Dutch
Email: f.schmidt@let.vu.nl
Masters
University: University of Amsterdam
Date: 1988
Main subject: Dutch eighteenth-century architecture
Doctorate
University: University of Amsterdam
Date: 1997
Title of thesis: Pieter de Swart en Willem IV; hofarchitectuur in de Republiek
Work experience
2002 - current: Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, station: Free University Amsterdam
2001 - current: lecturer history of architecture at the Institute for History of Art at the Free University Amsterdam and the Institute for History of Art and Science of Music at the University of Utrecht
1997 - 2000: senior researcher Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Station: Institute for History of Art at the Free University Amsterdam and the Institute for History of Art and Science of Music, University of Utrecht
1996: Lecturer at the Institute for History of Art, University of Utrecht
1995 - 1996: Visiting lecturer Institute for History of Art, University of Amsterdam
1990 - 1995: Assistant researcher on behalf of the Foundation for Historical Research of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, station: Institute for History of Art, University of Amsterdam
Brief summary of research over last five years
After the dissertation Dutch architecture during the second half of the 18th century has been surveyed. In 2002 a new research project has started which focuses at ‘architecture and public’ in the long 18th century (ca. 1680-1840)
International activities
Research and presentation of papers in Belgium, Germany, France and the United States
Books
Pieter de Swart. Architect van de achttiende eeuw, Zeist/Zwolle 1999
Contributions to books
"Cat. nrs. 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, 40, 44, 51, 52, 53, 54", in: . Grijzenhout and C. van Tuijll van Serooskerken (ed.),Edele Eenvoud: Neo-classicisme in Nederland 1765-1800, Zwolle 1989, 55-70
"Klassieke vormen en maatverhoudingen in de architectuur", in: Kunst. Overlevering, verandering en vernieuwing. Een inleiding. Essaydeel, Heerlen 1998, 92-109
"‘Kerk van Sant’Andrea’; ‘Tempietto’; ‘Palazzo del Tè’; ‘Villa Rotonda’; ‘Il Gésu’; ‘Mauritshuis’; ‘Kerk van Sant'Ivo della Sapienza’; ‘Bedev", in: Kunst. Overlevering, verandering en vernieuwing. Een inleiding. Objectendeel, Heerlen 1998, 100-103, 124-127, 148-153, 166-169, 172-177, 190-193, 208-211, 220-223
"‘Unknown artist. Model for the Edam windmill’ and other entries", in: Henry A. Millon (ed.),The triumph of the Baroque. Architecture in Europe 1600-1750, Venice 1999, 175, 290-293, 527-528, 553-554
International (refereed) journals
"Expose ignorance and revive the bon goût. Foreign architects at Jacques-François Blondel’s Ecole des Arts", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, (2002) 61, 4-29
National (refereed) journals
"Architectuur en kunstgeschiedenis. Interviews met Manfred Bock, Aart Mekking, Koen Ottenheym, Ed Taverne en Auke van der Woud", Kunstlicht, (1999) 20, 32-41
"Grenzen aan maakbaarheid. Het Nederlandse paviljoen op de Expo 2000 in Hannover", Kunstlicht, (2000) 21, 20-27
"Petrus Camper en Jacob van Campen. Een polemiek met Cornelis Ploos van Amstel inzake het stadhuis van Amsterdam uit 1767", Bulletin KNOB, (2002) 100, 158-177, with Th.H. von der Dunk