Definition of Panofsky

1. Noun. Art historian (1892-1968).

Exact synonyms: Erwin Panofsky
Generic synonyms: Art Historian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panofsky

Panicum miliaceum
Panicum virgatum
Panini
Panipat
Panislamism
Panjab
Panjabi
Panjabis
Pankaj
Panmunjom
Panner
Panner's disease
Pannonia
Pannonian
Pannonians
Panofsky (current term)
Panonychus
Panonychus ulmi
Panorpidae
Panpresbyterian
Pansa
Pansch's fissure
Panslavic
Panslavist
Panslavists
Panslavonian
Pantagruelism
Panteutonic
Pantheism

Literary usage of Panofsky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Michelangelo's Medici Chapel: A New Interpretation by Edith Balas (1995)
"... a typical contemplative Saturnine intellectual.232 Panofsky has pointed out specific features of the statue that support this correlation: Like the face ..."

2. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"Even as Erwin Panofsky understood that 'perspective transforms psycho- physiological ... 9 Despite their differences, Panofsky and Damisch both conclude, ..."

3. Versailles and the Mechanics of Power: The Subjugation of Circe, an Essay by Arie Graafland, John Kirkpatrick (2003)
"Panofsky earlier presented a more or less comparable explanation in the same way in his ... Panofsky posits a homology between philosophy and architecture, ..."

4. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"Wolfgang Panofsky. "The Strategic Defense Initiative." Physics Today, June 1985. As Panofsky points out. the scientific consensus on this point is ..."

5. Optical Corrections in the Sculpture of Donatello by Robert Munman (1985)
"40 E. Panofsky, The Codex Huygens and Leonardo da Vinci's Art Theory. ... Panofsky restates Leonardo's reasoning (in the latter's "Della prospettive," fol. ..."

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