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Kurt Weitzmann

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German-American art historian (1904–1993)

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Kurt Weitzmann (March 7, 1904,Kleinalmerode (Witzenhausen, nearKassel) – June 7, 1993,Princeton, New Jersey)[1] was a German turned American art historian who was a leading figure in the study ofLate Antique andByzantine art in particular.

He attended the universities ofMünster,Würzburg andVienna before moving toPrinceton in 1935, due to Nazi persecution. He is well known for the time he spent researching the icons and architecture atSaint Catherine's Monastery inEgypt. He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1964 and theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.[2][3]

Works

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  • Greek mythology in Byzantine art, 1951
  • Geistige Grundlagen und Wesen der makedonischen Renaissance, 1963
  • Illustration roll and codex, 1947,21970
  • "Studies in manuscript illumination" series
  • TheJoshua Roll, 1948
  • The Fresco Cycle of S. Maria diCastelseprio, 1952
  • Ancient book illumination, 1959
  • Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination, 1970
  • TheMonastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai, The Icons, I. 1976
  • Studies in classical and Byzantine manuscript illumination, 1971
  • Byzantine book illumination and ivories, 1980
  • Byzantine liturgical Psalters and Gospels, 1980
  • (with H. L. Kessler) TheFrescoes of theDura Synagogue and Christian Art, 1990

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References

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  1. ^Notice de personne "Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993)" [Person notice "Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993)"] (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. September 25, 2019. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022.
  2. ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org. RetrievedOctober 12, 2022.
  3. ^"Kurt Weitzmann".American Academy of Arts & Sciences. RetrievedOctober 12, 2022.

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