!!!Sedlmayr, Hans

b. Hornstein (Burgenland), Jan. 18, 1896, 
d. Salzburg, July 9, 1984. Art historian, university professor in 
Vienna (1936-1945) and Munich (1951-1964), 1965-1969 head of the 
newly-founded Department of Art History of the University of Salzburg; 
worked on diverse questions of art history and cultural philosophy, 
with special emphasis on the structure of works of art (influence of 
Gestalt psychology) and on iconology.

!Publications
J. B. Fischer v. Erlach, 1925; Oe. 
Barockarchitektur, 1930; Die Architektur Borrominis, 1930; Verlust der 
Mitte, 1948; Die Entstehung der Kathedrale, 1950; Die Revolution der 
modernen Kunst, 1955; Epochen und Werke, 3 vols., 1959-1982.

!Literature
E. Frodl-Kraft, H. S. (1896-1984), in: Wr. Jahrbuch 
f. Kunstgeschichte 44, 1991; F. Piel (ed.), H. S. 
1896-1984. Verz. seiner Schriften, 1996 (with obituary).



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