Katzenellenbogen, Adolf, 1901-1964

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Adolf Katzenellenbogen was an art historian and professor of Fine Arts, The Johns Hopkins University.

He was born, August 19, 1901 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He earned the doctor of jurisprudence degree, University of Giessen (1924) and the Ph. D. degree (1933) from the University of Hamburg. He taught at Vassar College from 1940 until 1958 when he came to Hopkins as a full professor and department chairman. Katzenellenbogen was a specialist in the late Medieval and early Renaissance periods. He was awarded the Charles Rufus Morey prize in 1959 for his published work, "The Sculptural Programs of Chartres Cathedral: Christ, Mary, Ecclesia." Adolf Katzenellenbogen died September 30, 1972.

From the description of Adolf Katzenellenbogen papers, 1933-1964. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48380047

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creatorOf Katzenellenbogen, Adolf, 1901-1964. Adolf Katzenellenbogen papers, 1933-1964. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949. New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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associatedWith Cathédrale de Chartres. corporateBody
correspondedWith Coolidge, John, 1913-1995 person
associatedWith Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars corporateBody
associatedWith Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Art corporateBody
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United States
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Art, Early Renaissance
Art historians
Art, Medieval
College teachers
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Art historians
College teachers
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Birth 1901

Death 1964

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