DOI article:
Sabrina Raphaela Buebl: Defining a Discipline: Kunstgeschichtliche Anzeigen as a Critical Organ for the Vienna School
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.73804#0058
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SUMMARY
Sabrina Raphaela Buebl
DEFINING A DISCIPLINE: KUNSTGESCHICHTLICHE
ANZEIGEN AS A CRITICAL ORGAN
FOR THE VIENNA SCHOOL
This article briefly presents the often mentioned, yet not
deeper investigated journal Kunstgeschichtliche Anzei-
gen (KA), founded by Franz Wickhoff in 1904. The pri-
mary driving force behind the project was his then as-
sistant Max Dvorak, who continued the editorship after
Wickhoff s death in 1909 until 1913. On this occasion, the
founding of the journal through the unpublished corre-
spondence between the two, which gives insight into the
journal's objectives and purpose, is retraced. Particular
attention is given to the involvement of scholars from
other universities as well as to the KA's aim to establish
a definition of scientifically valid research in art history.
In this context, an analysis of the Vienna School's defi-
nition of Wissenschaftlichkeit ( scientificity) is a central
part of the article. Finally, the author reflects on the jour-
nal's legitimacy in the broader context of the institution-
alisation of the discipline of art history.
SUMMARY
Sabrina Raphaela Buebl
DEFINING A DISCIPLINE: KUNSTGESCHICHTLICHE
ANZEIGEN AS A CRITICAL ORGAN
FOR THE VIENNA SCHOOL
This article briefly presents the often mentioned, yet not
deeper investigated journal Kunstgeschichtliche Anzei-
gen (KA), founded by Franz Wickhoff in 1904. The pri-
mary driving force behind the project was his then as-
sistant Max Dvorak, who continued the editorship after
Wickhoff s death in 1909 until 1913. On this occasion, the
founding of the journal through the unpublished corre-
spondence between the two, which gives insight into the
journal's objectives and purpose, is retraced. Particular
attention is given to the involvement of scholars from
other universities as well as to the KA's aim to establish
a definition of scientifically valid research in art history.
In this context, an analysis of the Vienna School's defi-
nition of Wissenschaftlichkeit ( scientificity) is a central
part of the article. Finally, the author reflects on the jour-
nal's legitimacy in the broader context of the institution-
alisation of the discipline of art history.