Riegl, Alois#

Riegl, Alois, b. Linz (Upper Austria), Jan. 14, 1858, d. Vienna, June 17, 1905, art historian. 1886-1897 Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, from 1897 professor at the University of Vienna, co-founder of the Vienna School of Art History. His special significance for art theory and methodology lies in the fact that he regarded art without any fixed aesthetic value judgement (re-evaluation of periods that were previously regarded as less important such as the late Graeco-Roman period, the early Middle Ages, the Baroque) and in his idea of a continuous development of the desire to create art as the main impulse for artistic production. Was also particularly dedicated to the preservation of monuments in Austria and drafted legislation on the preservation of historical monuments 1905.

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