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Heinrich Wölfflin

Born

in Winterthur, Switzerland

June 21, 1864

Died

July 19, 1945

Genre

Art

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Heinrich Wölfflin was a Swiss art historian, whose objective classifying principles ("painterly" vs. "linear" and the like) were influential in the development of formal analysis in art history in the early 20th century. He taught at Basel, Berlin and Munich in the generation that raised German art history to pre-eminence. His three great books, still consulted, are Renaissance und Barock (1888), Die Klassische Kunst (1898, "Classic Art"), and Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (1915, "Principles of Art History"). ...more

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	Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art 3.87 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1923 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drawings of Albrecht Dürer 4.46 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1930 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renaissance and Baroque by Heinrich Wölfflin, Kathrin Simon (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1888 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Art 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1899 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mimarlık Psikolojisine Öndeyişler 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1946 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capire l’opera d’arte (Etcetera) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Early Modern Art, One Hundredth Anniversary Edition by Heinrich Wölfflin, Jonathan Blower (Translator), Evonne Levy (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Podstawowe pojęcia historii sztuki. Problemy rozwoju stylu w sztuce nowożytnej 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sense of Form in Art: A Comparative Psychological Study really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1931 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art Of Albrecht Dürer 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1905 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“... we animate every object. This is a basic instinct in man... Will this instinct ever die out? I believe not. It would be the death of art.”
― Heinrich Wölfflin

tags: animate, art, basic-instinct, object

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“Forms acquire meaning for us only because we recognize in them the expression of a sentient (fühlend) soul. Spontaneously, we animate (beseelen) every object.”
― Heinrich Wölfflin

tags: animation, form, meaning, soul

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“... we assess the perfection of an architectural creation by the same criterion that we use for living creatures.”
― Heinrich Wölfflin

tags: architectural-creation, living-creature

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