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Michael Baxandall

    18. August 1933 – 12. August 2008

    An art historian who developed the theory of the 'period eye.' He served as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and taught at the Warburg Institute and the University of California. His work explored how viewers in different historical periods perceived visual art, offering insights into the evolving nature of aesthetic reception.

    Michael Baxandall
    Die Wirklichkeit der Bilder
    Löcher im Licht
    Giotto and the Orators
    Shadows and Enlightenment
    Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
    Patterns of Intention