Rudolf Wittkower (1901–1971)
Author of Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
About the Author
Rudolf Wittkower was During-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art at the University of London, Chairman of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and Slade Professor at Cambridge.
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Works by Rudolf Wittkower
Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750, Vol. 1: Early Baroque (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) (1999) 57 copies
Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750, Vol. 3: Late Baroque (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) (1999) 43 copies
Idea and Image: Studies in the Italian Renaissance (The Collected essays of Rudolf Wittkower) (1978) 28 copies
The drawings of the Carracci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle (1952) 11 copies
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- Canonical name
- Wittkower, Rudolf
- Birthdate
- 1901-06-22
- Date of death
- 1971-10-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
UK - Country (for map)
- USA
UK - Birthplace
- Berlin, Deutschland
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Places of residence
- Berlin, Germany (birth)
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Ph.D | 1923)
- Occupations
- art historian
professor - Relationships
- Wittkower, Margot (spouse)
- Organizations
- Columbia University
University College London
Warburg Institute, University of London - Awards and honors
- Alice Davis Hitchcock Award (1975)
Bannister Fletcher Prize (1960)
Serena Medal (1957)
Fellow, British Academy (1958)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959)
Accademia dei Lincei (1960) (show all 11)
Accademia di Belle Arti (1959)
Accademia Olimpica (1970)
Commendatore, Ordine al Merito dell Repubblica d"Italia (1972)
American Institute of Architects Award (1986)
American Philosophical Society (1971) - Short biography
- Rudolf Wittkower was born in Berlin in 1901. Leaving Germany when the Nazis came to power, he was one of the animators of the Warburg Institute of London. In 1941 he organized, with Fritz Saxl, the exhibition British Art and the Mediterranean, the publication of which (1948) forms an important document of the aims and methods of the Warburg Institute. A great scholar of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, Wittkower taught at both the University of London and Columbia University. His books, all important works of scholarship, include Die Zeichnungen des Gian Lorenzo Bernini (with H. Bruer, 1931), The Drawings of the Carracci at Windsor Castle (1952), Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Sculptor of Roman Baroque (1955), Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750 (1958), Born under Saturn (with Margot Wittkower, 1963), and Divine Michelangelo: The Florentine Academy's Homage on His Death in 1564 (with Margot Wittkower, 1964). In addition, he was a frequent contributor to the Journal of the Warbung and Courtauld Institute, the Art Bulletin, Burlington Magazine and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, among others.
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- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 1,559
- Popularity
- #16,537
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 93
- Languages
- 7