Alwin Schultz

Alwin Schultz (1838 - 1909) was a German art historian and medievalist, professor of art history at the Charles University in Prague.

Biography

He was born at Muskau, Lusatia. After studying archeology and Germanic philology at Breslau, he established himself there as docent for art history in 1866, was appointed professor in 1872, and called to the University of Prague in 1882.

Among his publications are a treatise on the Minnesingers in two volumes (1889) and a discussion of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries (1892) as well as a treatise on domestic life in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period (1903).

Bibliography

• 1869, Beschreibung der Breslauer Bilderhandschrift des Froissart
• 1870, Schlesiens Kunstleben im dreizehnten und vierzehnten Jahrhundert
• 1878, Die Legende vom Leben der Jungfrau Maria u. ihre Darstellung in d. bildenden Kunst d. Mittelalters
• 1889, Das höfische Leben zur Zeit der Minnesinger (2 vols)
• 1892, Deutsches Leben im XIV. und XV. Jahrhundert (2 vols)
• 1894 et seq., Allgemeine Geschichte der bildenden Künste
• 1901, Kunst und Kunstgeschichte (2d ed.)
• 1903, Das Häusliche Leben der europäischen Kulturvölker vom Mittelalter bis zur zweiten Hälfte des XVIII. Jahrhunderts

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Schultz, Alwin". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.