Birnbaum‘s “Baroque Principle” and the Czech reception of Heinrich Wölfflin

This paper deals with the essay ´The Baroque Principle in the History of Architecture’, published by Czech art historian Vojtěch Birnbaum in 1924. The placement of this work in the context of the reception of Heinrich Wölfflin’s methodological initiatives questions the originality of Birnbaum’s idea...

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Main Author: Jindřich Vybíral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/vybc3adral.pdf