Kurt Gerstenberg
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Kurt Gerstenberg was a German art historian, a pupil of Heinrich Wölfflin
. Gerstenberg's 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik (German Special Gothic) gave the name to Sondergotik
, a style of Late Gothic architecture
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Heinrich Wölfflin
Heinrich Wölfflin was a famous Swiss art critic, whose objective classifying principles were influential in the development of formal analysis in the history of art during the 20th century. He taught at Basel, Berlin and Munich in the generation that raised German art history to pre-eminence...
. Gerstenberg's 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik (German Special Gothic) gave the name to Sondergotik
Sondergotik
Sondergotik is the style of Late Gothic architecture prevalent in Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia between 1350 and 1550...
, a style of Late Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
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