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Jacob Burckhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt 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. Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the following terms: "The great discoverer of the age of the Renais…
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Born 25 May 1818 · Died 8 August 1897 · Q59945
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The British Academy hosted an international conference on the occasion of Burckhardt's bicentenary
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1898· 1 entry
Which was made by the Swiss engraver Hans Frei (1868-1947)
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1897· 1 entry
Died 1897-08-08.
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1869· 1 entry
At the age of 24, admired Burckhardt and attended some of his lectures
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1867· 1 entry
And Ranke's chair at the University of Berlin in 1872
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1858· 1 entry
Returned to Basel to assume the professorship he held until his retirement in 1893
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1847· 1 entry
Brought out new editions of Kugler's two great works, Geschichte der Malerei and Kunstgeschichte, and in 1853, he published his own work, Die Zeit Constantins des Grossen ("The Age of Constantine the Great")
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1843· 1 entry
Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1839–1843).
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1841· 1 entry
Studied at University of Bonn (1841–1841).
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1839· 1 entry
And went to the University of Berlin to study history, especially art history, then a new field
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1838· 1 entry
Burckhardt made his first journey to Italy and published his first important article, "Bemerkungen über schweizerische Kathedralen" ("Remarks about Swiss Cathedrals")
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1818· 1 entry
Born 1818-05-25.
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