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	In 1888, Julius Schlosser completed a Ph.D. thesis on early medieval cloisters supervised by ]. In 1892, he wrote his Habilitationsschrift. In 1901, he was appointed professor and director of the sculpture collection at Vienna. In 1908, he published ''Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance'', and in 1912 a study on ]'s memoirs. In 1913, he was knighted and changed his name from Julius Schlosser to Julius von Schlosser. In 1919 he became member of the Austrian academy of sciences. After the unexpected death of ] in 1922, he chaired the second art history department of the ], his colleague, and opponent, ] chairing the first art history department.<ref></ref> In 1923, Schlosser wrote a study on ], entitled ''Die Kunst des Mittelalters''. In 1924, he published ''Die Kunstliteratur'', a bibliography on writings on art, which was translated into Italian as ''La letteratura artistica: Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna'' (1935; 2nd edition, 1956; 3rd edition, 1964).<ref></ref> Being a close friend of ], he translated the works of the Italian into German. From 1929 to 1934, his 3-volume ''Künstlerprobleme der Frührenaissance'' appeared. This was followed by a study on ''Die Wiener Schule der Kunstgeschichte'' (1934, translated into English as ''The Vienna School of Art History''). Von Schlosser retired in 1936. In 1941, a posthumous monograph on Ghiberti appeared. Besides his art historical writings, Von Schlosser also published a history of musical instruments (1922).		In 1888, Julius Schlosser completed a Ph.D. thesis on early medieval cloisters supervised by ]. In 1892, he wrote his Habilitationsschrift. In 1901, he was appointed professor and director of the sculpture collection at Vienna. In 1908, he published ''Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance'', and in 1912 a study on ]'s memoirs. In 1913, he was knighted and changed his name from Julius Schlosser to Julius von Schlosser. In 1919 he became member of the Austrian academy of sciences. After the unexpected death of ] in 1922, he chaired the second art history department of the ], his colleague, and opponent, ] chairing the first art history department.<ref></ref> In 1923, Schlosser wrote a study on ], entitled ''Die Kunst des Mittelalters''. In 1924, he published ''Die Kunstliteratur'', a bibliography on writings on art, which was translated into Italian as ''La letteratura artistica: Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna'' (1935; 2nd edition, 1956; 3rd edition, 1964).<ref></ref> Being a close friend of ], he translated the works of the Italian into German. From 1929 to 1934, his 3-volume ''Künstlerprobleme der Frührenaissance'' appeared. This was followed by a study on ''Die Wiener Schule der Kunstgeschichte'' (1934, translated into English as ''The Vienna School of Art History''). Von Schlosser retired in 1936. In 1941, a posthumous monograph on Ghiberti appeared. Besides his art historical writings, Von Schlosser also published a history of musical instruments (1922).

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Julius Alwin Franz Georg Andreas Ritter von Schlosser (23 September 1866, Vienna – 1 December 1938, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian and an important member of the Vienna School of Art History. According to Ernst Gombrich, he was "One of the most distinguished personalities of art history". According to the Dictionary of Art Historians, he is "considered one of the giants of the discipline of art history in the twentieth century".

Life and work

In 1888, Julius Schlosser completed a Ph.D. thesis on early medieval cloisters supervised by Franz Wickhoff. In 1892, he wrote his Habilitationsschrift. In 1901, he was appointed professor and director of the sculpture collection at Vienna. In 1908, he published Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance, and in 1912 a study on Lorenzo Ghiberti's memoirs. In 1913, he was knighted and changed his name from Julius Schlosser to Julius von Schlosser. In 1919 he became member of the Austrian academy of sciences. After the unexpected death of Max Dvořák in 1922, he chaired the second art history department of the University of Vienna, his colleague, and opponent, Josef Strzygowski chairing the first art history department. In 1923, Schlosser wrote a study on medieval art, entitled Die Kunst des Mittelalters. In 1924, he published Die Kunstliteratur, a bibliography on writings on art, which was translated into Italian as La letteratura artistica: Manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna (1935; 2nd edition, 1956; 3rd edition, 1964). Being a close friend of Benedetto Croce, he translated the works of the Italian into German. From 1929 to 1934, his 3-volume Künstlerprobleme der Frührenaissance appeared. This was followed by a study on Die Wiener Schule der Kunstgeschichte (1934, translated into English as The Vienna School of Art History). Von Schlosser retired in 1936. In 1941, a posthumous monograph on Ghiberti appeared. Besides his art historical writings, Von Schlosser also published a history of musical instruments (1922).

His students included Ernst Kris, Otto Kurz, Ernst Gombrich, Otto Pächt, Hans Sedlmayr, Fritz Saxl, Ludwig Goldscheider, Charles de Tolnay, and other well-known art historians.

References

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Die abendländische Klosteranlage des früheren Mittelalters. Vienna 1889.
Schriftquellen zur Geschichte der karolingischen Kunst. Vienna 1892.
"Die Bilderhandschriften Königs Wenzel I." In Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen. Vol. 14, Prague, Vienna, Leipzig 1893, pp. 214–317.
Quellenbuch zur Kunstgeschichte des abendländischen Mittelalters: Ausgewählte Texte des vierten bis fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts. Vienna 1896.
Die Haggadah von Sarajevo': Eine spanisch-jüdische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters. Vienna 1898.
"Randglossen zu einer Stelle Montaignes'." In Alois Riegl, ed., Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte. Franz Wickhoff gewidmet von einem Kreise von Freunden und Schülern. Vienna 1903, pp. 172–182.
Die Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Spätrenaissance: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Sammelwesens. Leipzig 1908
"Geschichte der Porträtbildnerei in Wachs. Ein Versuch." In Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen. Vol. 29, Vienna and Leipzig 1911, pp. 171–258.
Lorenzo Ghibertis Denkwürdigkeiten (i commentarii). Berlin 1912.
Der burgundische Paramentenschatz des Ordens vom Goldenen Vliesse. Vienna 1912.
Materialien zur Quellenkunde der Kunstgeschichte. Eight parts. Vienna 1914–1920.
- Part 1: Mittelalter. 1914.
- Part 2: Frührenaissance. 1915.
- Part 3: Erste Hälfte des Cinquecento. Leonardos Vermächtnis. Historik und Periegese. 1916.
- Part 4: Die Kunsttheorie der ersten Hälfte des Cinquecento. 1917.
- Part 5: Vasari. 1918.
- Part 6: Die Kunstliteratur des Manierismus. 1919.
- Part 7: Die Geschichtsschreibung des Barocks und des Klassizismus. 1920.
- Part 8: Die italienische Ortsliteratur. 1920.
Die Wandgemälde aus Schloß Lichtenberg in Tirol. Vienna 1916.
Die Schatzkammer des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses in Vienna. Vienna 1918.
Die deutschen Reichskleinodien. Vienna 1920.
Karl Friedrich von Rumohr: Italienische Forschungen. Frankfurt am Main 1920.
Oberitalienische Trecentisten. Leipzig 1921.
Unsere Musikinstrumente: Eine Einführung in ihre Geschichte. Vienna 1922.
Die Kunstliteratur. Ein Handbuch zur Quellenkunde der neueren Kunstgeschichte. Vienna 1924.
- Italian edition: La letteratura artistica: manuale delle fonti della storica dell’arte moderna. Edited by Otto Kurz. Translated by Filippo Rossi. 2nd edition. Florence and Vienna 1956.
Präludien. Vorträge und Aufsätze. Berlin 1927.
Künstlerprobleme der Frührenaissance. 3 vols. Vienna and Leipzig, 1929-1934.
Sull’antica storiografia italiana dell’arte. Palermo 1932.
"Die Wiener Schule der Kunstgeschichte." In Mitteilungen des österreichischen Institutes für Geschichtsforschung. 1934.
"Stilgeschichte und Sprachgeschichte der bildenden Kunst: Ein Rückblick." In Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Abteilung. No. 1, 1935.

Translations

Benedetto Croce, Goethe. Zurich, Leipzig and Vienna 1920
Benedetto Croce, Dantes Dichtung. Zurich, Leipzig and Vienna 1921.
Benedetto Croce, Randbemerkungen eines Philosophen zum Weltkriege 1914–1920. Zurich, Leipzig and Vienna 1922.

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