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121:, returning to the Warburg Institute in 1965 as lecturer in Renaissance Studies. He was appointed to a chair by the University of London in 1981, but increasingly spent his time in the United States. He was A. D. White Professor-at-Large at 461: 575: 106:, initially working in the photographic collection, where he met Kay Simon, whom he married in 1963. From 1959 to 1961 he was a junior fellow, working on his never-completed PhD, 189:(2003). In all his work, Baxandall was concerned to illuminate artworks by a thorough exploration of the conditions of their production – intellectual, social, and physical. In 535: 196:
Despite his impact in "social" art history, Baxandall often retreated from Marxist or overly "contextual" approaches. At one point, he declared that he was just "trying to do
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Giotto and the Orators. Humanist observers of painting in Italy and the discovery of pictorial composition 1350-1450,
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was profoundly influential in the social history of art, and is (2018) widely used as a textbook in college courses.
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Baxandall, Michael. "The Language of Art History." New Literary History 10, no. 3 (1979): 453-65.
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Baxandall died in London from pneumonia associated with Parkinson's Disease. His concept of the
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From 1961, he was Assistant Keeper in the Department of Architecture and Sculpture at the
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Allan Langdale, ‘Interviews with Michael Baxandall, 3 and 4 February 1994, Berkeley, CA’
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this took the form of using "carvings as lenses bearing on their own circumstances".
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The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss
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The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss
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in Switzerland (1956–57), and finally went to Munich to hear the art historian
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University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
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Words for Pictures: Seven Papers on Renaissance Art and Criticism,
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Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures,
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and became a half-time Professor of the History of Art at the
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ed. by Peter Mack & Robert Williams, Farnham, 2015
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People associated with the Victoria and Albert Museum
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has continued to gain in importance since his death.
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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was published in 1971. This was followed in 1972 by
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Slade Professors of Fine Art (University of Oxford)
155:Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy 48:Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy 492: 305:Michael Baxandall, Vision and the Work of Words, 26:(18 August 1933 – 12 August 2008) was a British 30:and a professor emeritus of Art History at the 244:The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany, 238:Painting and Experience in 15th century Italy, 415:Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds.. 336:Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds.. 167:The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany 381:. University of Oxford. 2012. Archived from 556:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in England 129:, in 1987. He was elected a Fellow of the 376:"Oxford Slade Professors, 1870–present" 356:. American Academy of Arts and Sciences 351:"Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" 264:Tiepolo and the Pictorial Intelligence, 493: 175:Tiepolo and the Pictorial Intelligence 131:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 521:Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge 419:. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013. 340:. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013. 343: 210: 100:Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte 13: 526:Academics of the Warburg Institute 127:University of California, Berkeley 108:Restraint in Renaissance behaviour 32:University of California, Berkeley 14: 587: 426: 42:, and worked as a curator at the 551:Deaths from pneumonia in England 298: 222: 20:Michael David Kighley Baxandall 541:Fellows of the British Academy 409: 400: 368: 330: 157:, now considered a classic of 1: 485:Journal of Art Historiography 462:"Obituary: Michael Baxandall" 451:"Obituary: Michael Baxandall" 323: 64:National Gallery of Scotland 7: 311: 135:Slade Professor of Fine Art 92:Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich 10: 592: 531:Cornell University faculty 270:Shadows and Enlightenment, 119:Victoria and Albert Museum 72:Downing College, Cambridge 44:Victoria and Albert Museum 183:Shadows and Enlightenment 165:. These were followed by 90:and where he worked with 74:, where he was taught by 68:Manchester Grammar School 53: 284:with an introduction by 282:Episodes: a Memory Book, 144: 460:Charles Saumarez Smith 288:, Frances Lincoln, 2010 232:Oxford University Press 70:and studied English at 511:British art historians 487:Number 1 December 2009 151:Giotto and the Orators 58:Baxandall was born in 294:Frances Lincoln, 2010 247:Yale University Press 171:Patterns of Intention 16:British art historian 561:Writers from Cardiff 139:University of Oxford 40:University of London 388:on 13 February 2015 34:. He taught at the 449:Elizabeth McGrath 434:The New York Times 292:A Grasp of Kaspar, 191:Limewood Sculptors 187:Words for Pictures 123:Cornell University 546:MacArthur Fellows 202:Heinrich Wölfflin 104:Warburg Institute 36:Warburg Institute 583: 516:British curators 478:, 27 August 2008 468:, 19 August 2008 446:, 17 August 2008 420: 413: 407: 404: 398: 397: 395: 393: 387: 380: 372: 366: 365: 363: 361: 355: 347: 341: 334: 211:Death and legacy 133:in 1991. He was 94:on the court of 80:Pavia University 591: 590: 586: 585: 584: 582: 581: 580: 491: 490: 466:The Independent 444:Daily Telegraph 429: 424: 423: 414: 410: 405: 401: 391: 389: 385: 378: 374: 373: 369: 359: 357: 353: 349: 348: 344: 335: 331: 326: 314: 301: 260:Svetlana Alpers 240:Oxford UP, 1972 225: 213: 179:Svetlana Alpers 147: 56: 17: 12: 11: 5: 589: 579: 578: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 548: 543: 538: 533: 528: 523: 518: 513: 508: 503: 489: 488: 479: 469: 458: 457:26 August 2008 447: 437: 428: 427:External links 425: 422: 421: 408: 399: 367: 342: 328: 327: 325: 322: 321: 320: 313: 310: 309: 308: 300: 297: 296: 295: 289: 286:Carlo Ginzburg 279: 273: 267: 256: 250: 241: 235: 224: 221: 212: 209: 146: 143: 112:Ernst Gombrich 55: 52: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 588: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 498: 496: 486: 483: 480: 477: 473: 470: 467: 463: 459: 456: 452: 448: 445: 441: 438: 436: 435: 431: 430: 418: 412: 403: 384: 377: 371: 352: 346: 339: 333: 329: 319: 316: 315: 306: 303: 302: 293: 290: 287: 283: 280: 278:Yale UP, 2003 277: 274: 272:Yale UP, 1995 271: 268: 266:Yale UP, 1994 265: 261: 257: 255:Yale UP, 1985 254: 251: 248: 245: 242: 239: 236: 233: 230: 227: 226: 220: 218: 208: 207: 203: 199: 194: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 142: 141:for 1974–75. 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 115: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 88:Hans Sedlmayr 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 66:. He went to 65: 61: 51: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 28:art historian 25: 21: 484: 475: 465: 455:The Guardian 454: 443: 433: 416: 411: 402: 390:. Retrieved 383:the original 370: 358:. Retrieved 345: 337: 332: 304: 299:On Baxandall 291: 281: 275: 269: 263: 252: 243: 237: 228: 223:Publications 216: 214: 206:Classic Art. 205: 195: 190: 186: 182: 177:(1994, with 174: 170: 166: 154: 150: 148: 116: 107: 76:F. R. Leavis 57: 47: 19: 18: 506:2008 deaths 501:1933 births 185:(1994) and 159:art history 46:. His book 495:Categories 472:"Obituary" 440:"Obituary" 392:27 January 324:References 318:Period eye 217:period eye 163:period eye 84:St. Gallen 476:The Times 198:Roger Fry 149:His book 312:See also 204:'s book 173:(1985), 169:(1980), 110:, under 137:at the 98:at the 60:Cardiff 360:28 May 249:, 1980 234:, 1971 96:Urbino 54:Career 386:(PDF) 379:(PDF) 354:(PDF) 258:with 145:Books 394:2015 362:2011 181:), 24:FBA 497:: 474:, 464:, 453:, 442:, 262:: 114:. 38:, 22:, 396:. 364:.

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FBA
art historian
University of California, Berkeley
Warburg Institute
University of London
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cardiff
National Gallery of Scotland
Manchester Grammar School
Downing College, Cambridge
F. R. Leavis
Pavia University
St. Gallen
Hans Sedlmayr
Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich
Urbino
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Warburg Institute
Ernst Gombrich
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Slade Professor of Fine Art
University of Oxford
art history
period eye
Svetlana Alpers
Roger Fry
Heinrich Wölfflin

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