Art & Architecture

Writers and Art Historians (Scrittori e storici d'arte)

• Ainalov, Dimitri Vasilevich (AINALOV, DIMITRI VASILEVIC) Vol. I, p. 377
  AINALOV, DIMITRI VASILEVICH. - Russian art historian, a disciple of Kondakov, b. in 1862, d. in 1939. Despite his pedagogical activity in…
• Baldinucci, Filippo Vol. II, p. 438
  BALDINUCCI, FILIPPO. - Born in Florence in 1624, died in 1696. A man of letters and lover of art, he wrote the Notizie de' Professori del…
• Braun, Joseph Vol. III, p. 52
  BRAUN, JOSEPH. - German art historian and archaeologist, b. at Wipperfürth in the Rhineland on 31 Jan. 1857, d. at Pullach on 11 July 1947.…
• Cattaneo, Raffaele Vol. III, p. 677
  CATTANEO, RAFFAELE. - Architect and art writer, b. in Rovigo in 1860, d. 7 Dec. 1889. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and…
• Cellini, Benvenuto Vol. III, p. 740
  CELLINI, BENVENUTO. - Born in Florence in 1500, he was first set by his father to music and then to goldsmithing; at the age of sixteen he…
• Cennini, Cennino Vol. III, p. 754
  CENNINI, CENNINO. - Painter and writer, b. at Colle Val d'Elsa, d. perhaps at Padua after 1398. At Padua, C. worked for the Carraresi, as…
• Didron, Adolphe-Napoléon Vol. IV, p. 911
  DIDRON, ADOLPHE-NAPOLÉON. - Art historian, b. at Hautvillers (Marne) on 13 March 1806, d. in Paris on 13 Nov. 1867. He completed his early…
• Lanzi, Luigi Vol. VII, p. 552
  LANZI, LUIGI. - Jesuit, archaeologist, philologist and art historian, b. at Treja (Macerata) on 4 June 1732, d. at Florence on 31 March…
• Milizia, Francesco Vol. VIII, p. 603
  MILIZIA, FRANCESCO. - Architectural theorist, b. at Oria in 1725, d. at Rome in 1798. He is a typical rationalist, but not without touches…
• Muntz, Eugène (MÜNTZ, EUGÈNE) Vol. VIII, p. 902
  MUNTZ, EUGÈNE. - Archaeologist and art historian, b. 11 June 1845 at Soultz-sous-Förets near Strasbourg, d. 30 Oct. 1902 in Paris. He was a…
• Ruskin, John Vol. X, p. 862
  RUSKIN, JOHN. - English art critic and sociologist, b. in London on 8 Feb. 1819, d. at Brantwood (Lancashire) on 20 Jan. 1900. He defended…
• Strzygowski, Joseph Vol. XI, p. 878
  STRZYGOWSKI, JOSEPH. - Art historian, b. at Biela, in what was then Austrian Silesia, on 7 March 1862, d. on 7 Jan. 1941. He studied…
• Venturi, Adolfo Vol. XII, p. 795
  VENTURI, ADOLFO. - Born in Modena on 4 September 1856, died at Santa Margherita Ligure on 10 June 1941. He is the greatest of the modern…
• Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel Vol. XII, p. 920
  VIOLLET-LE-DUC, EUGÈNE-EMMANUEL. - French architect and writer, b. in Paris on 21 Jan. 1814, son of the writer Emmanuel-Nicolas, d. in…