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Taylor, Francis Henry
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903–57, American museum director, b. Philadelphia, studied throughout Europe. He began his museum career as assistant curator (1927–28) and then curator of…Read, Sir Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Read, Sir Herbert, 1893–1968, English poet and critic. His studies at the Univ. of Leeds were interrupted by World War I, in which he served with a Yorkshire regiment. After the war he…Morey, Charles Rufus
(Encyclopedia) Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877–1955, American art historian, b. Hastings, Mich. Morey was considered one of the foremost medievalists of his time. His principal works include Early…Christian art and architecture
(Encyclopedia) Christian art and architecture: see especially the survey articles on Early Christian art and architecture, Byzantine art and architecture, Coptic art, Merovingian art and architecture…Greenberg, Clement
(Encyclopedia) Greenberg, Clement, 1909–94, American art critic, b. New York City. Greenberg's criticism was primarily concerned with art produced after abstract expressionism. This art, now known as…Winckelmann, Johann Joachim
(Encyclopedia) Winckelmann, Johann JoachimWinckelmann, Johann Joachimyōˈhän yōäˈkhĭm vĭngˈkəlmän [key], 1717–68, German classical archaeologist and historian of ancient art, in which field he was a…Gombrich, E. H.
(Encyclopedia) Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich), 1909–2001, British art historian and scholar, b. Vienna, grad. Univ. of Vienna (1933). From a culturally prominent Austrian-Jewish family,…Nemser, Cindy
(Encyclopedia) Nemser, Cindy, 1937-2021, American feminist art critic, b. Brooklyn, NY, as Cecille Heller, Brooklyn College (BA, MA), NYU Institute…Wölfflin, Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Wölfflin, HeinrichWölfflin, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh völfˈlĭn [key], 1864–1945, Swiss art historian. Wölfflin's formal stylistic analysis of motifs and composition in art combined cultural…Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish
(Encyclopedia) Coomaraswamy, Ananda KentishCoomaraswamy, Ananda Kentishäˌnəndäˈ kĕnˈtĭsh k&oobreve;mäˌrəswäˈmē [key], 1877–1947, art historian, b. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Raised in London by an…Trending
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