Barbara Schock-Werner [SEP] place of birth
Barbara Schock-Werner
Barbara Schock-Werner (born 23 July 1947, Ludwigsburg) is a German architect, and was until her retirement end of August 2012 the master builder at Cologne Cathedral with overall responsibility for conservation and restoration work. With the official title of "Dombaumeisterin" (cathedral master builder), she was the first and only woman to hold the position in the cathedral's 800 years history.
Biography.
After an apprenticeship as a draftsman in Bad Cannstatt, Schock-Werner studied architecture at the
of Dutch painting of the period of the Reformation.
References.
- K. holes: Hans Better - The Master of Pfalz- and Margrave. (With a contribution by Barbara Schock-Werner.) In: Munich Yearbook of Fine Arts, the third episode, 47 (1996), pp 73-102
- Hans Besser. In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press Online Edition 2002 called, April 2010
- Holes, Kurt: Hans Besser. In: Saur.