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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: Briefe und Gedichte an die Brüder Schauenburg

    First published in 1923 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Briefe zur Erkentniss seiner geistigen Gestalt

    First published in 1935 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Briefwechsel Jacob Burckhardt's mit dem Freiburger historiker Heinrich Schreiber

    First published in 1924 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1940 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Briefwechsel von Jacob Burckhardt und Paul Heyse, hrsg. von Erich Petzet.

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Der Briefwechsel von Jakob Burckhardt und Paul Heyse

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Der Cicerone. Eine Anleitung zum Genuss der Kunstwerke Italiens.

    First published in 1986 1 edition
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  • Cover of: historische Grösse

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kirche von Ottmarsheim.

    First published in 1941 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Die Skizzenbücher Jacob Burckhardts: Katalog

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Zeit Konstantins des Grossen

    First published in 1924 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gedichte: nach den Handschriften des Jacob Burckhardt-Archivs in Basel

    First published in 1926 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gesammelte werke.

    First published in 1955 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gesamtausgabe.

    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Griechische Kulturgeschichte 4VOL

    First published in 1977 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Historische Fragmente, aus dem Nachlass

    First published in 1957 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Italian Renaissance painting according to genres

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Italian Renaissance Painting According to Genres (Texts & Documents)

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  • Cover of: Jacob Burckhardt als politischer Publizist, mit seinen Zeitungsberichten aus den Jahren 1844/45

    First published in 1937 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jacob Burckhardts Vorlesung über die Geschichte des Revolutionszeitalters: in den Nachschriften seiner Zuhörer.

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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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
  • Jakob Burckhardt

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