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AUC PHILOSOPHICA ET HISTORICA, Vol 2021 No 1 (2021), 13–16
On the Construction and Sources of Erwin Panofsky’s Iconology
Lubomír Konečný
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24647055.2023.2
published online: 23. 06. 2023
abstract
The article deals with the impact of Karl Borinski and Karl Mannheim on Erwin Panofsky’s iconological method of interpretation of works of visual arts as presented in his 1939 Studies in Iconology. In a slightly different form it was firstly published in The Journal of Medieval and Renaissnce Studies XXXVII, 1974, 368–373.
keywords: art history; tradition; iconology; Erwin Panofsky; Karl Borinski; Karl Mannheim
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