The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lübke, Wilhelm

LÜBKE, Wilhelm, vĭl'hĕlm lüb'kė, German historian of art: b. Dortmund, Westphalia, 17 Jan. 1826; d. Karlsruhe (Baden), 5 April 1893. He studied at Bonn and Berlin; held the chair

of architecture at the Building Academy of Berlin in 1857-61; was professor of the history of art and archæology at the polytechnic school at Zürich 1861-65, at Stuttgart 1866-85 and at the high school in Karlsruhe 1885-93. Chief among his works are &lsquo;Mediæval Art in Westphalia&rsquo; (1853), which at once gave him a high place among art critics; the &lsquo;History of Architecture&rsquo; (&lsquo;Geschichte der Architektur,&rsquo; 1855), the first popular manual of. the subject, and a great success; &lsquo;Outlines of the History of Art&rsquo; (1860; 11th ed., 1891), translated into English by Clarence Cook, 1880; &lsquo;History of the Renaissance in France&rsquo; (1868); &lsquo;History of the Renaissance in Germany&rsquo; (1873); &lsquo;Ecclesiastical Art in Germany&rsquo; (Eng. trans. by Wheatley, 1876); &lsquo;History of Sculpture&rsquo; (Eng. trans, by Bunnet, 1878); &lsquo;History of German Art&rsquo; (1888); &lsquo;Recollections&rsquo; (1891). He was extremely versatile and previous to his work in art gave instruction in vocal and pianoforte music.