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===Selected articles=== | ===Selected articles=== | ||
− | * [[Media: | + | * "Der Begriff des Kunstwollens", 1920; repr. in ''Aufsaetze zu Grundfragen der Kunstwissenschaft'', Berlin, 1964. {{de}} |
− | * with Fritz Saxl, [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_1933_Classical_Mythology_in_Medieval_Art.pdf|"Classical Mythology in Mediaeval Art"]], ''Metropolitan Museum Studies'' | + | ** [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_1920_1981_The_Concept_of_Artistic_Volition.pdf|"The Concept of Artistic Volition"]], trans. Kenneth J. Northcott and Joel Snyder, ''Critical Inquiry'' 8:1 (Autumn 1981), pp 17-33. [http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/uploads/pdf/Artistic_Volition.pdf] |
− | * [[Media: | + | * with Fritz Saxl, [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_1933_Classical_Mythology_in_Medieval_Art.pdf|"Classical Mythology in Mediaeval Art"]], ''Metropolitan Museum Studies'' 4:2 (Mar 1933), pp 228-280. |
− | * [[Media:Jan_van_Eycs_Arnolfini_Portrait.pdf|"Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait"]], | + | * [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_1934_1966_Style_and_Medium_in_the_Motion_Pictures.pdf|"Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures"]] [1934], in ''Film: An Anthology'', ed. Daniel Talbot, University of California Press, 1966, pp 15-32. |
− | * [[Media:Panofsky_the_Friedsam_Annunciation_and_the_Problem_of_the_Ghent_Altarpiece.pdf|"The Friedsam Annunciation and the Problem of the Ghent Altarpiece"]], | + | * [[Media:Jan_van_Eycs_Arnolfini_Portrait.pdf|"Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait"]], ''The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'', 1934. |
− | * [[Media:Panofsky,_Erwin_The_Early_History_of_Man_in_a_Cycle_of_Paintings.pdf|"The Early History of Man in a Cycle of Paintings by Piero di Cosimo"]], | + | * [[Media:Panofsky_the_Friedsam_Annunciation_and_the_Problem_of_the_Ghent_Altarpiece.pdf|"The Friedsam Annunciation and the Problem of the Ghent Altarpiece"]], ''The Art Bulletin'', 1935. |
− | * [[Media:Panofsky_Galileo_as_a_critic_of_arts.pdf|"Galileo as a | + | * [[Media:Panofsky,_Erwin_The_Early_History_of_Man_in_a_Cycle_of_Paintings.pdf|"The Early History of Man in a Cycle of Paintings by Piero di Cosimo"]], ''Journal of the Warburg Institute'', 1937. |
− | * with Ernest C. Hassold, [[Media:Panofsky_Hassold_Wilhelm_Voge_A_Biographical_Memoir.pdf|"Wilhelm Voge: A Biographical Memoir"]], | + | * [[Media:Panofsky_Galileo_as_a_critic_of_arts.pdf|"Galileo as a Critic of the Arts: Aesthetic Attitude and Scientific Thought"]], ''Isis'' 47:1 (Mar 1956), pp. 3-15. |
− | * [[Media:Erasmus_and_the_visual_arts_panofsky.pdf|"Erasmus and the Visual Arts"]], in: ''Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes'' | + | * with Ernest C. Hassold, [[Media:Panofsky_Hassold_Wilhelm_Voge_A_Biographical_Memoir.pdf|"Wilhelm Voge: A Biographical Memoir"]], ''Art Journal'' 28 (1968). |
− | * [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_Reflections_on_Historical_Time.pdf|"Reflections on Historical Time"]], Critical Inquiry | + | * [[Media:Erasmus_and_the_visual_arts_panofsky.pdf|"Erasmus and the Visual Arts"]], in: ''Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes'' 32 (1969), pp 200-227. |
− | * [[Media:Panofsky_on_the_Relationship_of_Art_History_and_Art_Theory.pdf|"On the Relationship of Art History and Art Theory: Towards the Possibility of a Fundamental System of Concepts for a Science of Art"]], | + | * [[Media:Panofsky_Erwin_Reflections_on_Historical_Time.pdf|"Reflections on Historical Time"]], ''Critical Inquiry'' 30:4 (Summer 2004), pp 691-701. |
− | *[[Media:Panofsky_on_the_Problem_of_Describing_and_Interpreting_Works_of_the_Visual_Arts.pdf|"On the Problem of Describing and Interpreting Works of the Visual Arts"]], | + | * [[Media:Panofsky_on_the_Relationship_of_Art_History_and_Art_Theory.pdf|"On the Relationship of Art History and Art Theory: Towards the Possibility of a Fundamental System of Concepts for a Science of Art"]], trans. Katharina Lorenz and Jas’ Elsner, ''Critical Inquiry'' 35:1 (Autumn 2008), pp 43-71. |
+ | *[[Media:Panofsky_on_the_Problem_of_Describing_and_Interpreting_Works_of_the_Visual_Arts.pdf|"On the Problem of Describing and Interpreting Works of the Visual Arts"]], trans. Katharina Lorenz and Jas’ Elsner, ''Critical Inquiry'' 38:3 (Spring 2012), pp 467-482. | ||
===Bibliography=== | ===Bibliography=== |
Revision as of 20:07, 8 May 2015
Erwin Panofsky. | |
Born |
March 30, 1892 Hanover, Germany |
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Died |
March 14, 1968 Princeton, New Jersey, USA | (aged 75)
Erwin Panofsky was a German art historian. Panofsky's work remains highly influential in the modern academic study of iconography, and many of his works are still in print, including Studies in Iconology: Humanist Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (1939), and his study on Albrecht Dürer.
Works
Books
- Idea: A Concept in Art Theory, 1924.
- Perspective as Symbolic Form, 1927–. (in German, Spanish, English) [1].
- Studies in Iconology, 1939, 1972.
- The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer, 1943.
- Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism, Latrobe, The Archabbley Press, 1951.
- Arquitectura Gotica y Pensamiento Escolastico, trans. Julia Varela and Fernando Alvarez-Uria, Madrid: Las Ediciones de La Piqueta, 1986 (in Spanish).
- Arhitectură gotică și gândire scolastică, trans. Marina Zavaca, Bucuresti: Anastasia, 1999 (in Romanian).
- Early Netherlandish Painting, 1953.
- Meaning in the Visual Arts, 1955.
- with Dora Panofsky, Pandora's Box: the Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol, 1956
- Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art, 1960.
- Tomb Sculpture, 1964.
- with Raymond Klibansky and Fritz Saxl, Saturn and Melancholy: Studies in the History of Natural Philosophy, Religion, and Art, 1964, 1979.
- Problems in Titian, mostly iconographic, 1969.
- Three Essays on Style, ed. Irving Lavin, 1995.
Selected articles
- "Der Begriff des Kunstwollens", 1920; repr. in Aufsaetze zu Grundfragen der Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin, 1964. (German)
- "The Concept of Artistic Volition", trans. Kenneth J. Northcott and Joel Snyder, Critical Inquiry 8:1 (Autumn 1981), pp 17-33. [2]
- with Fritz Saxl, "Classical Mythology in Mediaeval Art", Metropolitan Museum Studies 4:2 (Mar 1933), pp 228-280.
- "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures" [1934], in Film: An Anthology, ed. Daniel Talbot, University of California Press, 1966, pp 15-32.
- "Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini portrait", The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, 1934.
- "The Friedsam Annunciation and the Problem of the Ghent Altarpiece", The Art Bulletin, 1935.
- "The Early History of Man in a Cycle of Paintings by Piero di Cosimo", Journal of the Warburg Institute, 1937.
- "Galileo as a Critic of the Arts: Aesthetic Attitude and Scientific Thought", Isis 47:1 (Mar 1956), pp. 3-15.
- with Ernest C. Hassold, "Wilhelm Voge: A Biographical Memoir", Art Journal 28 (1968).
- "Erasmus and the Visual Arts", in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 32 (1969), pp 200-227.
- "Reflections on Historical Time", Critical Inquiry 30:4 (Summer 2004), pp 691-701.
- "On the Relationship of Art History and Art Theory: Towards the Possibility of a Fundamental System of Concepts for a Science of Art", trans. Katharina Lorenz and Jas’ Elsner, Critical Inquiry 35:1 (Autumn 2008), pp 43-71.
- "On the Problem of Describing and Interpreting Works of the Visual Arts", trans. Katharina Lorenz and Jas’ Elsner, Critical Inquiry 38:3 (Spring 2012), pp 467-482.
Bibliography
Literature
- Michael Ann Holly, Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1985.
- Sylvia Ferretti, Cassirer, Panofsky, Warburg: Symbol, Art, and History, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1989.
Links
- Erwin Panofsky at Wikipedia
- Erwin Panofsky at German Wikipedia
- A biography of Panofsky
- Panofsky at Dictionary of art historians
- Barthes and Panofsky are best friends
- Icone (in Italian)