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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Art Historiography |
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| Online Access: | https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/vybc3adral.pdf |
| Summary: | 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 ideas and shows the negative role of anti-German resentments in the Czech art historiography of the 20th century. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-4752 |