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Dictionary of Art Historians

Grid of 8 scholars' portraits: From left to right. Top Row: Adolf Furtwängler, Linda Nochlin, Gylbert Coker, David Driskell; Bottom Row: Petrine Archer-Straw, Franz Kugler, Michael Camille, Gisela M. A. Richter.
From left to right. Top Row: Adolf Furtwängler, Linda Nochlin, Gylbert Coker, David Driskell; Bottom Row: Petrine Archer-Straw, Franz Kugler, Michael Camille, Gisela M. A. Richter.

A biographical database of historic art historians of western art. A free, scholarly resource for scholars, students, and publics. Continually updated.

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A long-running digital humanities project, the Dictionary began as a set of index cards in a shoe box and has undergone many iterations. Play the video to learn more.

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Abbott, Jere

American (North American)
Modern (style or period)
Americanist art historian; first associate director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Abbott was born to Arthur…
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Mitchell, Lucy Wright Myers

Classical
Author of the first American survey of ancient sculpture, archaeologist, and historian of Classical Antiquity. Mitchell, then Myers, was the…
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Fasola, Giusta Nicco

Anti-fascist, medieval, and Renaissance art historian. Giusta Nicco Fasola was born Giustina Maria Rosa to parents Marianna Rosa Cumino (Nicco) and…
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