Marvin Trachtenberg

Marvin Trachtenberg (born June 6, 1939)[1] is an American art historian, Edith Kitzmiller Professor Emeritus of the History of Fine Arts at New York University.[2] His research focuses on late medieval and early modern architecture.[3]

Career

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Russian Jewish immigrants,[4] he received a B.A from Yale University in 1961 and M.A. and PhD from New York University in 1963 and 1967, respectively.[1][2] He studied under Wolfgang Lotz and Richard Krautheimer.[4]

He spent his entire career at NYU, first as assistant professor (1967-69), then associate professor (1967-76), and eventually professor of fine arts (1976-90) and Edith Kitzmiller Professor of the History of Fine Arts (since 1990).[1]

Research and publications

His research interests are Romanesque, Gothic and Italian Renaissance, historiography, architectural authorship.[2][4][4]

Publications

  • Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art and Power in Early Modern Florence. Cambridge University Press, 1997.[5][6][7]
  • Building-in-Time from Giotto to Alberti and Modern Oblivion. Yale University Press, London, 2010.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Trachtenberg, Marvin (Lawrence) 1939-". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Marvin Trachtenberg". The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Marvin Trachtenberg". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. September 2025. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Trachtenberg, Marvin". Dictionary of Art Historians. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025.
  5. ^ Burroughs, Charles (1999). "Marvin Trachtenberg, The Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art, and Power in Early Modern Florence Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997". Renaissance Quarterly. 52 (2): 514–516. doi:10.2307/2902071. JSTOR 2902071.
  6. ^ Kent, F. W. (1 June 1999). "Review: Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art, and Power in Early Modern Florence by Marvin Trachtenberg". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 58 (2): 221–222. doi:10.2307/991495. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 991495.
  7. ^ Berdini, Paolo (2002). "Review of Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art, and Power in Early Modern Florence". The Art Bulletin. 84 (1): 170–172. doi:10.2307/3177258. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3177258.
  8. ^ Westfall, Carroll William (September 2011). "Marvin Trachtenberg. Building-in-Time: From Giotto to Alberti and Modern Oblivion". Renaissance Quarterly. 64 (3): 907–909. doi:10.1086/662872. ISSN 0034-4338.
  9. ^ Mclean, Alick M. (2012). "Review of Building-in-Time: From Giotto to Alberti and Modern Oblivion". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 71 (4): 568–569. doi:10.1525/jsah.2012.71.4.568. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 10.1525/jsah.2012.71.4.568.
  10. ^ Merrill, E.M. (2 August 2013). "Time and Architecture in Premodern Italy: A Review of Marvin Trachtenberg's Building-In-Time". Architectural Histories. 1 (1): 14. doi:10.5334/ah.ap.
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