Josef Neuwirth (5 June 1855, Neugarten – 25 April 1934,

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) was an Austrian

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and

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Biography

From 1875 to 1878, he studied history,

classical philology Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

, art history and

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at the German University in Prague. In 1882 he obtained his doctorate in art history, becoming an associate professor at Prague in 1894. In 1897 he attained a full professorship, relocating to Vienna two years later, where he was a professor of art history with special attention to

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

at the

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. In 1903–05 he was university rector and in 1920–25, he served as dean to the faculty of architecture.Neuwirth, Josef
at Deutsche Biographie He was chairman of the ''Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Wien'', and from 1905 to 1914, he served as curator of the Austro-Hungarian Central Commission for the study and conservation of art and historical monuments. His written works largely dealt with issues involving medieval architectural history, with his interest in art and architecture being based on historical objectivity with little regard to

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Selected works

* ''Illustrierte Kunstgeschichte'', 1900 – Illustrated art history. * ''Prag'', 1901 – Prague. * ''Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte'', 1902 (with

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and Adolf Michaelis) – Textbook of art history. * ''Geschichte der Baukunst'', 1904 (with Richard Borrmann) – History of architecture. * ''Frühchristliche Kunst und Mittelalter'', 1913 (with Anton Heinrich Springer) –

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and the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuwirth, Josef 1855 births 1934 deaths People from Česká Lípa District German Bohemian people Austrian art historians Austrian architects Charles University alumni Academic staff of Charles University Academic staff of TU Wien Historians from Austria-Hungary