Erwin Panofsky

Erwin Panofsky Quotes

Germany, Historian
March 30, 1892 – March, 14, 1968.

Erwin Panofsky was a German-Jewish art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime.

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While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid.

Erwin Panofsky
- Art
- Danger
- Prostitute
The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur.

Erwin Panofsky