Karl Schnaase
Karl Schnaase (7 September 1798 – 20 May 1875) was a distinguished German art historian and jurist. He was one of the founders of modern art history, and the author of one of the first surveys of the history of art.
Legacy[edit]
Schnaase's work was of tremendous importance for the development of art history as an autonomous discipline. His Geschichte facilitated the teaching of art in German-speaking countries, and his theoretical concerns and formulations influenced a number of later art historians. Among these, Alois Riegl may have been the most influenced by Schnaase's thought; Riegl's theory of the Kunstwollen was deeply indebted to Schnaase's Niederländische Briefe.[6]