Josef Neuwirth (5 June 1855,

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– 25 April 1934,

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) was an Austrian

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and

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Biography

From 1875 to 1878, he studied history,

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

, art history and

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

at the

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. 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 constructing building ...

at the

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. In 1903–05 he was

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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

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

Selected works

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

Anton Heinrich Springer Anton Heinrich Springer (13 July 182531 May 1891) was a German art historian and writer. Early life Springer was born in Prague, where he studied philosophy and history at Charles University, earning a Ph.D. Taking an interest in art, he made sev ...

and

Adolf Michaelis Adolf Michaelis (22 June 1835 – 12 August 1910) was a German classical scholar, a professor of art history at the University of Strasbourg from 1872, who helped establish the connoisseurship of Ancient Greek sculpture and Roman sculpture on their ...

) – Textbook of art history. * ''Geschichte der Baukunst'', 1904 (with

Richard Borrmann Richard Borrmann (27 December 1852 in Grudziądz26 March 1931 in Berlin) was a German architect and classical archaeologist. He was involved in the German Archaeological project at Olympia, Greece. From 1874 to 1878 he studied at the '' Bauakadem ...

) – History of architecture. * ''Frühchristliche Kunst und Mittelalter'', 1913 (with Anton Heinrich Springer) –

Early Christian art Early Christian art and architecture or Paleochristian art is the art produced by Christians or under Christian patronage from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition used, sometime between 260 and 525. In practice, id ...

and the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

References

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