Panofsky

[ pa-nof-skee ]

noun

1. Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.

Example Sentences

For Panofsky, it’s not clear if or when many of the loftier ambitions of large-scale genetics studies will materialize.

From Scientific American

Taking his cue from biographer Erwin Panofsky, who considered the whale incident one of the most important in Dürer’s later life, Hoare finds great significance in this seeming nonevent.

From Washington Post

He engages the research of sociologists Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan, who have studied avowed white nationalists and white supremacists keen to demonstrate their notionally ‘pure’ European ancestral origins.

From Nature

In art historical terms, this refers to what historian Erwin Panofsky called “disguised symbols,” which are objects intentionally inserted into artworks for their symbolic, not their literal, value.

From Salon

Panofsky and Donovan presented their findings at a sociology conference in Montreal on Monday.

From Scientific American