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Wölfflin, Heinrich
Wölfflin, Heinrich (b Winterthur, 24 June 1864; d Zurich, 19 July 1945). Swiss art historian, professor at the universities of Basle (1893–1901), Berlin (1901–12), Munich (1912–24), and Zurich (1924–34). He was one of the most influential art historians of his period, and several of his books are still widely read. They include Die klassische Kunst (Classic Art, 1899), on the art of the High Renaissance, Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (Principles of Art History, 1915), and a monograph on Dürer (1905). His work concentrated on stylistic analysis, and he attempted to show that style—in painting, sculpture, and architecture—follows evolutionary principles. Principles of Art History presents his ideas in the most highly developed form, discussing the transformation from Renaissance to Baroque in terms of contrasting visual schemes—for example the development from linear to painterly (‘malerisch’). Wölfflin's view that style was a force in its own right rather than an intellectual abstraction and his lack of interest in iconography are out of tune with much modern thinking on art history, and his approach is often over-rigid; however, he was a figure of great importance in establishing his subject as an intellectually demanding discipline. Herbert Read wrote: ‘it could be said of him that he found art criticism a subjective chaos and left it a science.’
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-WlfflinHeinrich.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-WlfflinHeinrich.html |
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Wölfflin, Heinrich
Wölfflin, Heinrich (1864–1945). Swiss art historian, professor at the universities of Basle (1893–1901), Berlin (1901–12), Munich (1912–24), and Zurich (1924–34). He was one of the most influential art historians of his period, and several of his books are still widely read. They include Die klassische Kunst (Classic Art, 1899), on the art of the High Renaissance; Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (Principles of Art History, 1915); and a monograph on Dürer (1905). His work concentrated on stylistic analysis, and he attempted to show that style—in painting, sculpture, and architecture—follows evolutionary principles. Principles of Art History presents his ideas in the most highly developed form, discussing the transformation from Renaissance to Baroque in terms of contrasting visual schemes—for example the development from linear to painterly (malerisch). Wölfflin's view that style was a force in its own right rather than an intellectual abstraction and his lack of interest in iconography are out of tune with much modern thinking on art history, and his approach is often over-rigid; however, he was a figure of great importance in establishing his subject as an intellectually demanding discipline. Herbert Read wrote: ‘it could be said of him that he found art criticism a subjective chaos and left it a science.’
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-WlfflinHeinrich.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-WlfflinHeinrich.html |
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Heinrich Wölfflin
Heinrich Wölfflin , 1864–1945, Swiss art historian. Wölfflin's formal stylistic analysis of motifs and composition in art combined cultural history and psychological insight into the creative process to form a complete aesthetic system. His theory of form greatly influenced the development of art criticism. Wölfflin's ideas were spread through his teaching (1893–1934) at the universities of Basel, Berlin, Munich, and Zürich, and through his books, Renaissance und Barock (1888), Classic Art (1899, tr. 1953), and his most celebrated work, Principles of Art History (1915, tr. 1932). |
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"Heinrich Wölfflin." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Heinrich Wölfflin." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Wolfflin.html "Heinrich Wölfflin." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Wolfflin.html |
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Wölfflin, Heinrich
Wölfflin, Heinrich. See POST-PAINTERLY ABSTRACTION.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-WlfflinHeinrich.html IAN CHILVERS. "Wölfflin, Heinrich." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-WlfflinHeinrich.html |
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