Hubert Janitschek

Hubert Janitschek ( born October 30, 1846 in Opava, † June 21, 1893 in Leipzig) was an Austrian art historian. He was a professor at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Leipzig. He dealt with Leon Battista Alberti and the Renaissance and Pre-Romanesque.

1868 to 1873 he studied at the University of Graz. During this time he was also a critic and became friends with Peter Roseggerhaus. From 1877 he was in Italy and then curator of the Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna. He habilitated in 1878 at the University of Vienna in art history and in 1879 associate professor in Prague. In 1881 he became a full professor at the University of Strasbourg, where he was also curator of the Art Gallery of Wilhelm von Bode. In 1891 he became a professor at the University of Leipzig.

In 1890 he introduced the concept Ottonian art that was tangible in addition to the architecture in the book Painting (after preparatory work by Johann Dominik Fiorillo, Franz Kugler, Gustav scales). He left open the question whether the period of Ottonian art ended at the beginning or end of the 11th century, his Strasbourg colleague Anton Springer spoke in favor of mid-11th century.

His students included Georg Dehio, Aby Warburg, Paul Clemen, Wilhelm Vöge.

He was married to the writer Maria Janitschek since 1882.

Writings

  • Leone Battista Alberti's smaller art theory. Vienna: W. Braumüller, 1877, reprint 1970 Osnabrück
  • The society of the Renaissance in Italy and the art. Stuttgart: W. Spemann, in 1879.
  • The history of German painting, as Volume 3 of the history of German Art, Berlin: Grote 1886, reprint Paderborn: Saltwater Publisher 2012 archives
  • The art teaching of Dante and Giotto's art. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1892.
  • Collaboration and co-editor (from 1880) to Franz Schestag Repetitorium the art science, Stuttgart: Spemann, Vienna: Gerold, from 1876,
  • Other: The Trier Ada manuscript, Leipzig: A. Dürr 1889 archives
  • Reviews of Robert Dohme Art and Artists ( products Andrea del Sarto, the Bellini, Paolo Veronese, Tintoretto )
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