Spent two days on The History of Painting: From the Fourth to the Early Nineteenth Century (1907).
This history of art is a welcome change to the puritanism of the likes of Lübke.
The History of Painting
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RIP Hayden White (1928 – 2018)
This happened four years ago but I only found out today, by way of Linda Hutcheon.
Hayden White was an American historian known for his book Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-century Europe (1973).
RIP Peter Gay (1923 – 2015)
RIP Peter Gay, 91, American psychohistorian.
Peter Gay (June 20, 1923 – May 12, 2015) is the author of more than twenty-five books, including The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, a multi-volume award winner; Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968), a bestseller; and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time (1988).
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968) – Peter Gay [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]
The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism (1995) – Peter Gay [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]