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Panofsky

American  
[pa-nof-skee] / pæˈnɒf ski /

noun

  1. Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.


Example Sentences

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The movement has found receptive audiences among people in positions of power in the media and policy worlds, Panofsky and his colleagues write.

From Scientific American

Taking his cue from biographer Erwin Panofsky, who considered the whale incident one of the most important in Dürer’s later life, Hoare finds great significance in this seeming nonevent.

From Washington Post

He engages the research of sociologists Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan, who have studied avowed white nationalists and white supremacists keen to demonstrate their notionally ‘pure’ European ancestral origins.

From Nature

In art historical terms, this refers to what historian Erwin Panofsky called “disguised symbols,” which are objects intentionally inserted into artworks for their symbolic, not their literal, value.

From Salon

Panofsky and Donovan presented their findings at a sociology conference in Montreal on Monday.

From Scientific American