Eugène Müntz Explained
Eugène Müntz (11 June 1845 – 30 October 1902) was a French art historian who specialized in the Italian Renaissance art.
LIfe and career
Eugène Müntz was born on 11 June 1845 in Soultz-sous-Forêts, Bas-Rhin. His brother was Achille Müntz, who became an agricultural chemist.
From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the École française de Rome.[1] He was a professor of art history at the École des Beaux-arts, where he lectured from 1885 to 1893.
In 1893 he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and in 1898 was elected president of the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Île-de-France.[1]
Literary works
- Notes sur les mosaïques de l'Italie, 1874–92.
- Les arts à la cour des papes pendant le XVe et le XVIe siècle, 4 Vols., 1878–1898.
- Les précurseurs de la Renaissance, 1881.
- Raphaël, sa vie, son œuvre et son temps, 1881.
- Histoire de la tapisserie, 1882.
- Etudes sur l'histoire de la peinture et de l'iconographie chrétiennes, 1882.
- Book: Müntz, Eugène . Eugène Müntz . 1888 . L'Histoire des Arts dans la Ville d'Avignon Pendant le XIVe Siècle . Paris . Ernest Leroux .
- Histoire de l'art pendant la Renaissance, 3 volumes, 1888–1894
- Léonard da Vinci, l'artiste, le penseur, le savant, translated into English in 1899 and published as Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker, and man of science.[2]
References
- Müntz, Eugène. 1905.
- Gillet . Louis . Eugène Müntz.
See also: Müntz.
Notes and References
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=833# Müntz, Louis Frédéric Eugène
- Review of Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Thinker, and Man of Science by Eugene Müntz. The Academy and Literature. 4 February 1899. 56. 1396. 149–150.
