Theorist

Heinrich Wölfflin

1864–1945 German Kunstwissenschaft / formalism

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Details

Nationality: Swiss

Connections

authored Renaissance und Barock
authored Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Das Problem der Stilentwickelung in der neueren Kunst
proposed Wölfflin's Five Pairs of Categories
mentored Sigfried Giedion

Referenced by

August Schmarsow opposes

Sources

Wölfflin. Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe. 1932.
Wölfflin, Heinrich. Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Das Problem der Stilentwicklung in der neueren Kunst. F. Bruckmann, 1915.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Heinrich Wölfflin." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/heinrich-wolfflin/. Accessed September 1, 2026.