Wilhelm Lübke (17 January 1826 – 5 April 1893) was a German art historian, born in

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. He studied at

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at the Berlin Bauakademie (1857–61) and a professor of art history at the Polytechnic in Zurich (1861–66), the Polytechnic in Stuttgart (1866–85), and the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe (1885–93).ADB:Lübke, Wilhelm
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(ADB). Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, S. 106–111. Previous to his work in art, he gave instruction in vocal and pianoforte music. Lübke was one of the pioneer writers on art history in Germany. His works were for their day both scholarly and appreciative, and correlate the epochs of art history with the great historical periods.

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Lübke wrote, in a comprehensive and readable style, numerous valuable works, including: * ''Vorschule vor Geschichte der Kirchenbaukunst des Mittelalters'' (1852; sixth edition, under different title, 1873; English translation, '' Ecclesiastical Art in Germany during the Middle Ages'', Edinburgh, 1870). * ''Mittelalterliche Kunst in Westfalen'', 1853 ("Medieval art in

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"). * ''Geschichte der Architektur'', (Leipzig, 1855; sixth edition, 1884–86). * ''Grundriß der Kunstgeschichte'' (1860; thirteenth edition, 1899–1907; English translation, under the title ''Outlines of the History of Art'' by Clarence Cook, 1878, and reëdited by Russell Sturgis, New York, 1904). * ''Geschichte der Renaissance Frankreichs'', 1868 ("History of the Renaissance in France"). * ''Geschichte der deutschen Renaissance'', 1873 ("History of the

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"). * ''Geschichte der Plastik'' (third edition, 1880; translation by F.E. Bunnet under the title ''History of Sculpture'', London, 1878). * ''Geschichte der deutschen Kunst von den frühesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart'', 1890 ("History of German art: from the earliest times to the present"). * ''Lebenserinnerungen'', 1891 ("Recollections"). With Karl von Lützow, he published ''Denkmäler der Kunst'', later translated into English and issued a
''Monuments of art, showing its development and progress from the earliest artistic attempts to the present period''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubke, Wilhelm German art historians 1826 births 1893 deaths University of Bonn alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of ETH Zurich Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart Writers from Dortmund German male non-fiction writers