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Jacob Burckhardt
1818 – 1897 · aged 79
Swiss historian (1818–1897)
- Born
- 25 May 1818 · Basel
- Died
- 8 Aug 1897 · Basel
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- 25 May 1818BornBorn in Basel
- 8 Aug 1897DiedDied in Basel
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
Biography
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (Swiss Standard German: [ˈbʊrkhart]; 25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860). He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt's achievement in the following terms: "The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance, he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety, with regard not only for its painting, sculpture and architecture, but for the social institutions of its daily life as well."
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