Ernst Kitzinger and the Making of Medieval Art History

Felicity Harley-McGowan
University of London Press
2017-11-28

<p>The essays collected in this volume publish the proceedings of a colloquium held at the Warburg Institute in January 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ernst Kitzinger. His work has been, and still is, fundamentally influential on the present-day discipline of art history in a wide range of topics. The first half of the book is primarily biographical, with papers covering his extraordinary career, which began in Germany, Italy and England in the tumultuous years preceding World War II, before leading to internment in Australia and, eventually, to America. The second half of the book is devoted to assessments of Kitzinger’s scholarship, including his concern with the theory of style, with the early medieval art of Britain and continental Europe, with the art of Norman Sicily and with the sources and impact of iconoclasm.</p>

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  • History of art
  • style
  • History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
  • History of art
  • Paintings and painting
  • Drawing and drawings
  • The Arts: treatments and subjects
  • Religious and ceremonial art
  • Biography and non-fiction prose
  • Philosophy and theory of education
  • History: theory and methods
  • European history: medieval period, middle ages
  • Art History
  • art history
  • biography
  • historian
  • medieval art

Ernst Kitzinger and the Making of Medieval Art History

Felicity Harley-McGowan

University of London Press

2017-11-28

<p>The essays collected in this volume publish the proceedings of a colloquium held at the Warburg Institute in January 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ernst Kitzinger. His work has been, and still is, fundamentally influential on the present-day discipline of art history in a wide range of topics. The first half of the book is primarily biographical, with papers covering his extraordinary career, which began in Germany, Italy and England in the tumultuous years preceding World War II, before leading to internment in Australia and, eventually, to America. The second half of the book is devoted to assessments of Kitzinger’s scholarship, including his concern with the theory of style, with the early medieval art of Britain and continental Europe, with the art of Norman Sicily and with the sources and impact of iconoclasm.</p>

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  • History of art
  • style
  • History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
  • History of art
  • Paintings and painting
  • Drawing and drawings
  • The Arts: treatments and subjects
  • Religious and ceremonial art
  • Biography and non-fiction prose
  • Philosophy and theory of education
  • History: theory and methods
  • European history: medieval period, middle ages
  • Art History
  • art history
  • biography
  • historian
  • medieval art