Wilhelm Lübke
Wilhelm Lübke was a German art historian, born in Dortmund.
He studied at Bonn and Berlin; was a professor of architecture at the Berlin Bauakademie and a professor of art history at the Polytechnic in Zurich, the Polytechnic in Stuttgart, and the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe. 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.Selective biography
Lübke wrote, in a comprehensive and readable style, numerous valuable works, including:
- Vorschule vor Geschichte der Kirchenbaukunst des Mittelalters.
- Mittelalterliche Kunst in Westfalen, 1853.
- Geschichte der Architektur,.
- Grundriß der Kunstgeschichte.
- Geschichte der Renaissance Frankreichs, 1868.
- Geschichte der deutschen Renaissance, 1873.
- Geschichte der Plastik.
- Geschichte der deutschen Kunst von den frühesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart, 1890.
- Lebenserinnerungen, 1891.
With Karl von Lützow, he published Denkmäler der Kunst, later translated into English and issued as .
