Wölfflin
Americannoun
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Eduard 1831–1908, Swiss classical scholar.
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his son Heinrich 1864–1945, Swiss art historian.
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The dictionary’s founder, Eduard Wölfflin, who died in 1908, described entries in the T.L.L. not as definitions, but “biographies” of words.
From New York Times
The contrast isn’t without exceptions, but Wölfflin’s typology remains helpful: If Renaissance painting aimed to depict “the solid figure,” the art of the Baroque era favored “the changing appearance,” “movement” and “the form in function.”
From New York Times
Pevsner studied under Heinrich Wölfflin, whose Principles of Art History is included here.
From The Guardian
Critical edition of the Benedictine rule by Wölfflin, Leipsic, 1895; in Migne's edition there is an elaborate commentary with many illustrative extracts and formulæ, as well as traditional glosses.
From Project Gutenberg
From the Latin side a great impetus was given to the work by the foundation in 1884 of Wölfflin's Archiv für lateinische Lexikographie und Grammatik.
From Project Gutenberg
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