Erwin Panofsky
Erwin Panofsky · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of modern iconology in art history
1892, Hannover, Germany — 1968, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Germany · United States
Erwin Panofsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Founder of modern iconology in art history
Panofsky was an art historian who founded modern iconology, a method for reading the deeper meanings of images within their cultural and intellectual context, and remains among the most cited scholars in the humanities. He was born into a Jewish family in Hannover and fled Nazi Germany, joining the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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Founder of modern iconology in art history
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the 250 most-cited scholars in the Arts & Humanities
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