August Schmarsow

Japanese: シュマルゾー（英語表記）August Schmarsow

1853‐1936
A German art historian and one of the pioneers of art studies, he served as professor of art history at the University of Leipzig from 1893 to 1919. As an art historian, he studied Italian Renaissance art, and as an art scholar, he believed that what regulates artistic activity is the structure of the human body, which creatively interacts with the outside world. He derived the main formal principles of creativity, such as proportion, symmetry, and rhythm, from the height, width, and depth of the body, and his wide-ranging insights have had a great influence on architectural spatial theory and other fields. His major works include Fundamental Concepts of Art Studies (1905).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1853‐1936
ドイツの美術史家で芸術学の開拓者の一人。1893年から1919年までライプチヒ大学美術史学教授をつとめた。美術史家としてはイタリア･ルネサンス美術を研究し，芸術学者としては，芸術活動を規制するのは外界と創造的にかかわる人間の身体構造であるとみて，身体の高さ，幅，奥行きから比例，対称，律動という創作上の主要形式原理を導出，その広範な洞察は建築空間論をはじめ影響多大である。主著として《芸術学の基礎概念》(1905)などがある。

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