Edgar Wind
Edgar Wind | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1900 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | 12 September 1971 (aged 71) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Guggenheim Award, 1950 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Thesis | Ästhetischer und kunstwissenschaftlicher Gegenstand. Ein Beitrag zur Methodologie der Kunstgeschichte |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art History |
| Institutions | Warburg Institute University of Oxford |
| Notable works | Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance, Art and Anarchy |
Edgar Wind (/wɪnd/; 14 May 1900 – 12 September 1971) was a British interdisciplinary art historian, specializing in iconology in the Renaissance era. He was a member of the school of art historians associated with Aby Warburg and the Warburg Institute as well as the first Professor of art history at Oxford University.
Wind is best remembered for his research in allegory and the use of pagan mythology during the 15th and 16th centuries, and for his book on the subject, Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance.