Theorist
Wilhelm Worringer
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Details
- Nationality
- German
Notes
Author of Abstraktion und Einfühlung (Bern dissertation printed Heuser, Neuwied 1907; trade edition Piper, Munich 1908). Paired the urge to empathy with the urge to abstraction; foundational for German Expressionism and the Blue Rider circle.
Connections
- authored Abstraktion und Einfühlung: Ein Beitrag zur Stilpsychologie
- proposed Abstraction and Empathy
- influenced Sigfried Giedion
Referenced by
- Alois Riegl influenced
Sources
- Worringer. Abstraktion und Einfühlung: Ein Beitrag zur Stilpsychologie. Piper, 1908.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Wilhelm Worringer." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/wilhelm-worringer/. Accessed July 17, 2026.