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Jan 1, 1892 — Jan 1, 1968· 76 yrs

GERMANY AUTHOR · ART · HISTORY

Erwin Panofsky

Also known as: E. Panofsky, Erwin, Panofsky

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Erwin Panofsky (March 30, 1892 – March 14, 1968) was a German art historian whose work represents a high point in the modern academic study of iconography, including his hugely influential Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art and his seminal Early Netherlandish Painting. Panofsky's ideas were highly influential in intellectual history in general, particularly in his use of historical ideas to interpret artworks and vice versa. Many of his books are still in print, including Studies in Iconology: Humanist Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (1939), Meaning in the Visual Arts (1955), and his 1943 study The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. His academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime.

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MODERN SCHOLARSHIP has become increasingly skeptical of periodization, that is to say, of the division of history in general, and individual historical processes in particular, into what the Oxford Dictionary defines as "distinguishable portions".

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Meaning in the Visual Arts

1970

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Since its original publication, Erwin Panofsky's Meaning in the Visual Arts has been standard reading for students of art history. It is both an introduction to the study of art and, for those with more specialized interests, a profound discussion of art and life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Panofsky's historical technique reveals an abundance of detail, detail he skillfully relates to the life and work of individual painters and their times. The papers in this volume represent a cross-section of Panofsky's major work. Included are selections from his well-known Studies in Iconology and The Life and Art of Albrecht Durer, plus an introduction and an epilogue--"The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline" and "Three Decades of Art History in the United States: Impressions of a Transplanted European"--as well as pieces written especially for this collection. All display Panofsky's vast erudition and deep commitment to a humanistic conception of art and art history.

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Early Netherlandish painting

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The companion volume to his work on the brothers Van Eyck and their circle is a magisterial study of the ne generation of artists: Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Aelbert van Ouwater, Dieric Bouts, Justus van Gent, Hugo van der Goes, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Hans Memling and Gerard David.

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Pandora's box:The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol

1956

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Study of the myth of Pandora, its representation in art, and its mythological and religious significance.

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