TY - BOOK AU - Levy,Evonne Anita ED - Schwabe & Co. TI - Baroque and the political language of formalism (1845-1945): Burckhardt, Wölfflin, Gurlitt, Brinckmann, Sedlmayr SN - 9783796533969 AV - N7485.E85 U1 - 709.032 22/ger PY - 2015///] CY - Basel PB - Schwabe Verlag KW - Burckhardt, Jacob KW - Wölfflin, Heinrich KW - Gurlitt, Cornelius KW - Brinckmann, A. E KW - Sedlmayr, Hans KW - Formalism (Art) KW - Political aspects KW - Europe, German-speaking KW - Art, Baroque KW - Architecture, Baroque KW - Art historians KW - Biography KW - Class of Spring 2002 KW - Class of Fall 2001 KW - Berlin Prize Fellow KW - Fellow KW - Written at the Academy N1 - Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 372-384 N2 - "This study in intellectual history places the art historical concept of the Baroque amidst world events, political thought, and the political views of art historians themselves. Exploring the political biographies and writings on the Baroque (primarily its architecture) of five prominent Germanophone figures, Levy gives a face to art history, showing its concepts arising in the world. From Jacob Burckhardt's still debated 'Jesuit style' to Hans Sedlmayr's Reichsstil, the Baroque concepts of these German, Swiss and Austrian art historians, all politically conservative, and two of whom joined the Nazi party, were all took shape in reaction to immediate social and political circumstances"--Provided by publisher UR - http://d-nb.info/1082106364/04 UR - https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz432831495cov.jpg UR - http://www.schwabe.ch/schwabe-verlag/buecher/buchdetails/baroque-and-the-political-language-of-formalism-1845-1945-burckhardt-woelfflin-gurlitt-brinckmann-sedlmayr-5675/ ER -