| Code | DS/UK/104 |
| Dates | 22/02/1847-25/03/1933 |
| Person Name | Vischer; Robert (22/02/1847-25/03/1933); Prof. Dr. |
| Surname | Vischer |
| Forenames | Robert |
| Title | Prof. Dr. |
| Activity | Art Historian and Philosopher. Professor of History of Art at University Breslau (1882-85); of Art History and Aesthetics RWTH Aachen (1985-93); University of Göttingen (1893-1911); developed the aesthetic concept of "Einfühlung" (empathy). |
| Relationships | Son of Friedrich Theodor Vischer. |
| History | Studied history of art and philosophy at Zürich, Heidelberg, Bonn, München und Tübingen; PhD. (Tübingen 1872); Habilitation (Munich 1879). |
| Source | Mallgrave and Ikonomou, “Introduction,” In Empathy, Form, and Space: Problems in German Aesthetics, 1873-1893 (Santa Monica, 1994), 1-85; Metzler Kunsthistoriker Lexikon: zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten, Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999, S. 423-425 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vischer (accessed 22/06/2010) |
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