Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr 1932-1967

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Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr 1932-1967

Consists mostly of letters by German-American art historian Erwin Panofsky to friend and art historian Margaret Scolari Barr.

0.2 linear feet; 1 half-size archival box

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Barr, Alfred, Mrs.

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Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968

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Erwin Panofsky was a German Jewish art historian. He emigrated to the United States in the 1930s and subsequently taught at New York University, Princeton University, and Harvard University. He became widely known and very influential in the field of iconography. One of his most popular works is Studies in Iconology: Humanist Themes in the Art of the Renaissance (1939, reissued 1972). From the guide to the Erwin Panofsky Letters to Mrs. Alfred Barr, 1932-1967, (Princeton University. ...