The first Italian translation of Josef Strzygowski's inaugural address at the University of Vienna in 1909 is accompanied by a commentary aimed at elucidating its internal references to scholars and figures, providing a brief contextual framework for each. In particular, the main objective is to highlight the transformation process in the methods of studying art history within the Vienna School, transitioning from the historical-philological method of the early style to one that includes, with the figures of Wickhoff, Riegl, and Strzygowski himself, an openness to related disciplines and broader research areas: from the psychology of vision to anthropological geography to linguistics. The essay does not delve into the final phase of Strzygowski's bibliography, to which a portion of the criticism, especially from the Anglo-Saxon sphere, attributes an ideological drift by the author that is often interpreted as some involvement with racism and National Socialism.
La storia dell’arte all’Università di Vienna. del consigliere di corte Prof. Josef Strzygowski. Vienna 1909. Un discorso militante di Josef Strzygowski
Carmela Vargas;Andrea Improta;Pierluigi Leone de Castris;
2023-01-01
Abstract
The first Italian translation of Josef Strzygowski's inaugural address at the University of Vienna in 1909 is accompanied by a commentary aimed at elucidating its internal references to scholars and figures, providing a brief contextual framework for each. In particular, the main objective is to highlight the transformation process in the methods of studying art history within the Vienna School, transitioning from the historical-philological method of the early style to one that includes, with the figures of Wickhoff, Riegl, and Strzygowski himself, an openness to related disciplines and broader research areas: from the psychology of vision to anthropological geography to linguistics. The essay does not delve into the final phase of Strzygowski's bibliography, to which a portion of the criticism, especially from the Anglo-Saxon sphere, attributes an ideological drift by the author that is often interpreted as some involvement with racism and National Socialism.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
