Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020

The discovery in 2012 of Erwin Panofsky’s Habilitation thesis on Michelangelo is just short of sensational. The thesis, written for the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Hamburg in 1919-20, ambitiously sets out to define the fundamental design principles of Michelangelo’s art, especially a...

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Main Author: William E. Wallace
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Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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spelling doaj-e649630be7904841814cb980e42050352021-01-28T13:03:50ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522020-12-012323WW3Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020William E. Wallace0Washington University in St. LouisThe discovery in 2012 of Erwin Panofsky’s Habilitation thesis on Michelangelo is just short of sensational. The thesis, written for the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Hamburg in 1919-20, ambitiously sets out to define the fundamental design principles of Michelangelo’s art, especially as they can be articulated in contradistinction to the art of Raphael. The thesis, published in a luxurious facsimile German edition in 2014, now appears in an English translation permitting Anglo-Saxon readers the welcome opportunity to observe the maturing of one of the great figures of Art and Intellectual History.https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/wallace-rev.pdfcubic thinking/constraintdesign principleshabilitationsschrifthabilitation thesismichelangeloerwin panofskygerda panofskyplane/planar nature
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Journal of Art Historiography
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design principles
habilitationsschrift
habilitation thesis
michelangelo
erwin panofsky
gerda panofsky
plane/planar nature
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title Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020
title_short Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020
title_full Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020
title_fullStr Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020
title_full_unstemmed Michelangelo’s principles or Panofsky’s? Review of: Michelangelo’s Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael by Erwin Panofsky, edited by Gerda Panofsky, translated by Joseph Spooner, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020
title_sort michelangelo’s principles or panofsky’s? review of: michelangelo’s design principles, particularly in relation to those of raphael by erwin panofsky, edited by gerda panofsky, translated by joseph spooner, princeton and oxford: princeton university press, 2020
publisher Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
series Journal of Art Historiography
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publishDate 2020-12-01
description The discovery in 2012 of Erwin Panofsky’s Habilitation thesis on Michelangelo is just short of sensational. The thesis, written for the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Hamburg in 1919-20, ambitiously sets out to define the fundamental design principles of Michelangelo’s art, especially as they can be articulated in contradistinction to the art of Raphael. The thesis, published in a luxurious facsimile German edition in 2014, now appears in an English translation permitting Anglo-Saxon readers the welcome opportunity to observe the maturing of one of the great figures of Art and Intellectual History.
topic cubic thinking/constraint
design principles
habilitationsschrift
habilitation thesis
michelangelo
erwin panofsky
gerda panofsky
plane/planar nature
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