Paul Oskar Kristeller
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| + | '''Paul Oskar Kristeller''' (May 22, 1905 in [[Berlin]] – June 7, 1999 in [[New York City|New York]], [[USA]]) was an important scholar of [[Renaissance humanism]]. He was awarded the [[Haskins Medal]] in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]], where he mentored both [[Irving Louis Horowitz]] and [[A. James Gregor]]. | ||
| + | An especially important achievement is his ''Iter Italicum'' (the title recalls ''Iter Alemannicum'' and other works of [[Martin Gerbert]]), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts. After decades of neglect, Kristeller's lengthy, erudite essay of the early 1950s, "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]", in ''Journal of the History of Ideas'', proved to be an influential, much reprinted classic reading in Philosophy of Art. | ||
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Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin – June 7, 1999 in New York, USA) was an important scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, where he mentored both Irving Louis Horowitz and A. James Gregor.
An especially important achievement is his Iter Italicum (the title recalls Iter Alemannicum and other works of Martin Gerbert), a large work describing numerous uncatalogued manuscripts. After decades of neglect, Kristeller's lengthy, erudite essay of the early 1950s, "The Modern System of the Arts", in Journal of the History of Ideas, proved to be an influential, much reprinted classic reading in Philosophy of Art.
