Jacob Burckhardt | |
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 Burkhardt in 1892 | |
| Born | 25 May 1818 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | 8 August 1897 (aged 79) Basel, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Notable work | The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien; 1860) |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Basel Federal Polytechnic School |
Main interests | History of art Cultural history |
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Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history.[1] Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the following terms: "The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance, he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety, with regard not only for its painting, sculpture and architecture, but for the social institutions of its daily life as well."[2]
- ^ Jakob Burckhardt Renaissance Cultural History
- ^ In Space, Time and Architecture (6th ed.), p 3.