Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Early Modern Art, One Hundredth Anniversary Edition

Heinrich Wölfflin's Principles of Art History, a revolutionary attempt to construct a science of art through the study of the development of style, has been a foundational work of formalist art history since it was first published in 1915. At once systematic and subjective, and remarkable for its compelling descriptions of works of art, Wölfflin's text has endured as an accessible yet rigorous approach to the study of style. Although Wölfflin's applied his analysis to objects of early moder...