Heinrich Wolfflin

Principles of Art History Heinrich Wolfflin

Marc Notes: This volume translates Heinrich Wolfflin, Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe. Das Problem der Stilentwicklung in der neueren Kunst (Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1915)--ECIP galley.; Includes bibliographical references and index."Biographical Note: Jonathan Blower is a translator and architectural historian based in London. Evonne Levy is professor of art history at the University of Toronto. Tristan Weddigen is professor of the history of early modern art at Universitat Zurich."Brief Description: "Principles ""of Art History" by Heinrich Wolfflin (1864 1945), a revolutionary attempt to construct a science of art through the study of the development of style, has been a foundational work of formalist art history since it was first published in 1915. At once systematic and subjective, and remarkable for its compelling descriptions of works of art, Wolfflin s text has endured as an accessible yet rigorous approach to the study of style. Although Wolfflin applied his analysis to objects of early modern European art, "Principles of Art History" has been a fixture in the theoretical and methodological debates of the discipline of art history and has found a global audience. With translations in twenty-four languages and many reprints, Wolfflin s work may be the most widely read and translated book of art history ever. This new English translation, appearing one hundred years after the original publication, returns readers to Wolfflin s 1915 text and images. It also includes the first English translations of the prefaces and afterword that Wolfflin himself added to later editions. Introductory essays provide a historical and critical framework, referencing debates engendered by "Principles" in the twentieth century for a renewed reading of the text in the twenty-first."Publisher Marketing: Features a crystalline fresh translation of art works - published on its one-hundredth anniversary. In this volume the introductory essays provides a historical framework and referencing debates engendered by principles in the twentieth century. It also includes translations of the prefaces and afterword."

Contributor Bio:  Levy, Evonne Evonne Levy is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Toronto.