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Jacob Burckhardt

25 May 1818 - 8 August 1897

Jacob Burckhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland, the son of a Protestant clergyman. He studied theology in Basel and in Neuchâtel. In 1839, having lost his faith, he moved to the University of Berlin to study art history. He spent part of 1841 at the University of Bonn studying under the art historian Franz Kugler. His first book, Die Kunstwerke der belgischen Städte, was published in 1842. He taught at the University of Basel from 1843 to 1855, then at ETH, the engineering school in Zurich. In 1858, he joined the faculty at the University of Basel until his 1893 retirement. In 1886 did started teaching art history exclusively. He is known as one of the founders of the field of cultural history.

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  • Cover of: Die zeit Konstantins des Grossen

    First published in 1935 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kultur und kunst der Renaissance in Italien

    First published in 1900 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The age of Constantine the Great

    First published in 1956 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On history and historians

    First published in 1965 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kultur-Geschichtliche Vorträge

    First published in 1929 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The cicerone: an art guide to painting in Italy for the use of travellers and students

    First published in 1908 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The civilization of the Renaissance in Italy: an essay

    First published in 1954 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Judgements on history and historians

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Der Cicerone: Eine Anleitung zum Genuss der Kunstwerke Italiens

    First published in 1904 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Der Cicerone: eine Anleitung zum Genuss der Kunstwerke Italiens

    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aesthetik der bildenden Kunst: der Text der Vorlesung "Zur Einleitung in die Aesthetik der bildenden Kunst" aufgrund der Handschriften

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jacob Burckhardts Briefe an seinen Freund Friedrich von Preen: 1864-1893.

    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Kunstwerke der Belgischen Städte

    First published in 1842 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Unbekannte Aufsätze Jakob Burckhardt's aus Paris, Rom und Mailand

    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Das Zeitalter Friedrichs des Grossen

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: civilisation de la Renaissance en Italie

    First published in 1958 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien. Ein Versuch.

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Werke, 27 Bde., Bd.2, Der Cicerone, Architektur und Sculptur

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  • Cover of: Werke, 27 Bde., Bd.3, Der Cicerone, Malerei

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  • Cover of: Die Kunst der Malerei in Italien.

    First published in 2003 1 edition
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Subjects
Civilization, History, Renaissance, Art, Philosophy, World history, Architecture, Italian Painting, Renaissance Architecture, Civilisation, Historiography, Italy, Painting, Italian, Biography, Correspondence, Greek and Roman Civilization, Historians, Italy, civilization, Renaissance, italy, Civilization, Greek and Roman, Description and travel, Histoire, Italian Art, Philosophie, Aesthetics
Places
Italy, Rome, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Byzantine Empire, Europe, Italie, Ticino (Switzerland), Bomarzo, Bomarzo (Italy), France, Italien, London (England), Prussia (Germany), Rome (Italy), Villa Orsini Gardens (Bomarzo, Italy)
People
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Constantine I Emperor of Rome (d. 337), Diocletian Emperor of Rome (245-313), Constantine I Emperor of Rome (-337), Heinrich Wölfflin (1864-1945), Jacob Burckhardt, Paul Heyse (1830-1914), Peter Paul Rubens Sir (1577-1640), Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), Constantine I Emperor of Rome, Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Friedrich von Preen (1823-1894?), Heinrich von Geymüller (1839-1909), Max Alioth (1842-1892), Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Time
1268-1559, Empire, 284-476, Constantine I, the Great, 306-337, Diocletian, 284-305, 18th century, To 146 B.C., 1268-1492, 1648-1789, 1789-1799, 1830-1848, 19th century, Constantines, 306-363, Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815, Frederick II, 1740-1786, Geistesgeschichte 1300-1550, Geschichte 1420-1600, Modern period, 1500-, Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Revolution

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  • Jakob Christoph Burckhardt
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