Burckhardt
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt once wrote, was a golden age for bastards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
An avid social dancer, Katz invited Burckhardt to the Palladium Ballroom in New York, home of the mambo, and Burckhardt brought Denby, who didn’t dance but asked Katz questions about the dancing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
It’s been polished into a glowing jewel of a book by several editors including Mary Venturini, who worked with her in later years at a magazine for expats in Rome, and Schloss’s son, Jacob Burckhardt.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
Their building was once owned by the painter Larry Rivers, who was a friend of Burckhardt’s parents, the Swiss American photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt and the painter Yvonne Jacquette.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2019
Burckhardt, with his napkin round his neck and the coffee-pot in his hand, came to the window.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
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