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On the Construction and Sources of Erwin Panofsky’s Iconology
On the Construction and Sources of Erwin Panofsky’s Iconology

Author(s): Lubomír Konečný
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Visual Arts, History of Art
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: art history; tradition; iconology; Erwin Panofsky; Karl Borinski; Karl Mannheim

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the impact of Karl Borinski and Karl Mannheim on Erwin Panofsky’s iconological method of interpretation of works of visual arts as presented in his 1939 Studies in Iconology. In a slightly different form it was firstly published in The Journal of Medieval and Renaissnce Studies XXXVII, 1974, 368–373.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 13-16
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English