Herbert von Einem (February 16, 1905 in

Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older la, Pons Saravi) is a commune of northeastern France. In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains. Geography Sarrebourg is ...

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, – August 5, 1983 in

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) was a German

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

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Von Einem studied art history at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

, the

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and the

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. In 1928, he completed his PhD, entitled ''Die Plastik der Lüneburger Goldenen Tafel'' under

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, director of the art history seminar in Göttingen. In 1935 he wrote his Habilitationsschrift at the

Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...

Carl Ludwig Fernow Karl Ludwig Fernow (19 November 1763 – 4 December 1808) was a German art critic and archaeologist. Early life Fernow was born in Pomerania, the son of a servant in the household of the lord of Blumenhagen. At the age of twelve he became clerk ...

. In 1937 he was assistant of Vitzthum in Göttingen, and in 1938 lecturer in art history. During the Nazi era, he promoted a nationalist-defined art history. From 1943 to 1945 he taught art history at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

. In 1947, Von Einem was appointed professor of art history at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

and launched there, together with

Heinrich Lützeler Heinrich Lützeler (27 January 1902 in Bonn – 13 June 1988 in Bonn) was a German philosopher, art historian, and literary scholar. He presided over a number of institutes and was dean at the department of philosophy at the University of Bonn. Bi ...

, the Institute of the History of Art, which he increased in the following years.Universität Bonn: Kunsthistorisches Institut: Institutsgeschichte
/ref> Until 1971, with Lützeler, Von Einem was also editor of the ''Bonner Beiträge zur Kunstwissenschaft''. He retired in 1970. His book on

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

was translated into five languages.

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* ''Caspar David Friedrich''. Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag, 1938. * ''Carl Ludwig Fernow, Römische Briefe an Johann Pohrt 1793–1798''. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1944. * ''Die Bildnisse der deutschen Künstler in Rom, 1800–1830''. Berlin: Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1952. * ''Beiträge zu Goethes Kunstauffassung''. Hamburg: von Schröder, 1956. * ''Michelangelo: Bildhauer, Maler, Baumeister''. Berlin: Gebrüder Mann, 1959. * ''Stil und Überlieferung: Aufsätze zur Kunstgeschichte des Abendlandes''. Dusseldorf: L. Schwann, 1971. * ''Das Programm der Stanza della Segnatura im Vatikan''. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1971. * ''Giorgione: der Maler als Dichter''. Mainz and Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, 1972. * ''Die Medicimadonna Michelangelos''. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1973. * ''"Die Folgen des Krieges": ein Alterswerk von Peter Paul Rubens''. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1975. * ''Deutsche Malerei des Klassizismus und der Romantik, 1760–1840''. Munich: Beck, 1978.

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Dictionary of Art Historians: Einem, Herbert vonKarlsruher Institut für Technologie: Institut Kunst- und Baugeschichte/Fachgebiet Kunstgeschichte: von Einem, Herbert
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