Caspar David Friedrich, Der Mönch am Meer, 1808–1810

侯栋屿

Hou Dongyu

Art Historian · Peking University

Researching Northern Renaissance Art and Lutheran Visual Culture

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Caspar David Friedrich, Der Mönch am Meer, 1808–1810

About

Peking University — School of Arts & Guanghua School of Management

I am a student of art history and accounting at Peking University, where I pursue a dual degree in the Theory and History of Arts and Accounting. My scholarly interests centre on early modern German art, the visual culture of the Reformation, and the historiography of art in the German-speaking world. I am an incoming MPhil student at the University of Cambridge, where I will study the Global History of Art and Architecture under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Marr.

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Yiheyuan Road #5, Beijing, China

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Research Interests

  • Early Modern German Arts
  • Arts and Visual Culture of the (Counter-)Reformation
  • Early Modern Christian Visual Arts and Theology
  • Germanophone Historiography of Art (from the Vienna School to the present)

Undergraduate Dissertation

"Divine Nature": The Forest in Albrecht Altdorfer's Paintings

《"神性自然":阿尔布莱希特·阿尔特多费尔的森林风景》

Supervisor: 贺询 (Prof. Xun HE)

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, c. 1818

C. D. Friedrich
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, c. 1818
Kunsthalle Hamburg

"The solitary figure before the sublime — in Friedrich's world as in the Northern Renaissance, the individual confronts the infinite through both nature and the divine image."

— On the continuity between Romantic and Renaissance visual theology

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Education

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Starting from Oct. 2026

MPhil in Global History of Art and Architecture

Research Focus:Northern Renaissance Art and Lutheran Visual Culture

Proposed Supervisor:Prof. Alexander Marr

Peking University · 北京大学

Beijing, China

Aug. 2022 – July 2026

B.A. & B.M.

Major

Accounting — Guanghua School of Management

Auditing (92%) · Internal Control and Management for Compliance (95%) · Management Science (99%) · Tax Law and Tax Planning (91%)

Dual Degree

Theory and History of Arts — School of Arts

Selected Readings of Western Art Histories and Theories (95%) · History of Western Art I (93%) & II (99%) · Guidance to Chinese Art Origins (99%) · Introduction to Visual Culture Studies (95%) · Introduction to Art Criticism (95%) · Film Music (100%) · Introduction to Music (98%)

Supervisor: 贺询 (Prof. Xun HE)

Selected Training Programmes

  • Proseminar in Research and Academic Writing for the Arts, PKU — 2026 Spring
  • 2025 Summer School: Peking University — June–July 2025 — Mesopotamian Art and Civilization (95%)
  • Public Intermediate German (95.5%) — 2025 Spring, PKU
Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508
Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Albrecht Dürer
Praying Hands, 1508
Albertina, Vienna

"The hand that holds the pen is the same that clasps in prayer — in the Northern Renaissance, scholarship and devotion were never separate acts."

— On the intersection of art, theology, and humanist learning in early modern Germany

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Selected Honours & Scholarships

  • Yiran Alumni Scholarship, Guanghua School of Management, PKU — 2026

  • Zheng Geru Outstanding Student Scholarship, PKU — 2025

  • Award for Academic Excellence, PKU — 2025

  • Merit Student, Guanghua School of Management, PKU — 2024

  • Excellent Project Award, 2023 Winter Social Practice, PKU — 2023

    Project: Into the "Green-Beautiful Countryside" — Field Practice in Shuangjiang, Yunnan

  • Third-Class Freshman Scholarship, PKU — 2022

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Language Proficiencies

Chinese (Native)

Native level of reading, speaking and writing

English (Advanced)

Academic level of reading, speaking and writing

German (Intermediate)

Academic level of reading and basic speaking

Renaissance Latin (Post-Beginner)

Basic reading

Albrecht Dürer, Praying Hands, 1508

Contact

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Peking University

Yiheyuan Road #5, Beijing, China