Education
He studied at Bonn and Berlin. Was professor of architecture at the Berlin Bauakademie (1857-1861) and professor of the history of art at Zurich (1861-1866), Stuttgart (1866-1885), and Karlsruhe (1885-1893).
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Wilhelm Lubke
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Career
Previous to his work in art, he gave instruction in vocal and pianoforte music Lübke was one of the pioneer writers on art history in Germany. Lübke wrote, in a comprehensive and readable style, numerous valuable works, including:
Vorschule vor Geschichte der Kirchenbaukunst des Mittelalters (1852.
Sixth edition, under different title, 1873.
English translation, Ecclesiastical Art in Germany during the Middle Ages, Edinburgh, 1870)
Medieval Art in Westphalia (1853)
Geschichte der Architektur, (Leipzig, 1855. Sixth edition, 1884-1886)
Grundriß der Kunstgeschichte (1860.
Thirteenth edition, 1899–1907. English translation, under the title Outlines of the History of Art by Clarence Cook, 1878, and reëdited by Russell Sturgis, New York, 1904)
History of the Renaissance in France (1868)
History of the Renaissance in Germany (1873)
Geschichte der Plastik (third edition, 1880.
Translation by Bunnet under the title History of Sculpture, London, 1878)
History of German Art (1888)
Recollections (1891).
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April 5, 1893 (aged 67) -
Nationality
Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom