Jacob von Falke

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Jacob von Falke (born June 21, 1825 in Ratzeburg , † June 8, 1897 in Lovran , Croatia ) was a German-Austrian cultural and art historian .

Life

Jacob Falke, brother of Johannes Falke , studied classical philology in Erlangen, after three semesters went to Göttingen, where he also studied modern philosophy and history and passed the teaching examination. During his studies in Erlangen, he became a member of the Bubenreuther fraternity in the winter semester of 1845/46 . He then became a tutor in the Princely House of Solms-Braunfels until 1853 , then a banker in Vienna.

In 1855 he was curator at the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, in 1858 by Prince Liechtenstein as a librarian and director of its art gallery called to Vienna, where he in 1864 at the same time a curator and director deputy at the place of Imperial Austrian Museum of Art and Industry received, and in 1871 to the Governing Council and In 1885 appointed director of the museum in Rudolf Eitelberger's place. In 1873 he received the Order of the Iron Crown and was raised to the nobility (Jacob Ritter von Falke).

Falke has often worked as a writer in the fields of cultural history and the arts and crafts with great success, and he was particularly recognized for his rare gift of making the results of scientific research common to all through dignified popular presentation.

With August von Eye he published: Kunst und Leben der Vorzeit (3rd edition, Nuremberg 1868). On the occasion of a trip to Sweden, where Falke arranged the royal collections in Stockholm and Ulriksdal , a catalog of the same was published (Vienna 1870).

In 1901, Falkestrasse in Vienna's Innere Stadt (1st district) was named after him.

His son was the art historian and museum director Otto von Falke .

Fonts

  • The German traditional costume u. Fashion world. 2 volumes. Mayer, Leipzig 1858.
  • The chivalrous society in the age of the female cult. Berlin 1863.
  • History of Modern Taste. Leipzig 1866.
  • The art industry of the present, studies at the Paris World Exhibition in 1867. Leipzig 1868.
  • History of the Princely House of Liechtenstein. Vienna 1868–82, volumes 1–3. ( Digitized version )
  • The art in the house. 5th edition. Vienna 1883.
  • The art industry at the Vienna World Exhibition. 2 volumes Vienna 1873.
  • To culture and art. Studies. Vienna 1878.
  • Hellas and Rome. A splendid piece of cultural history, Stuttgart 1879. (Reprint: Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-650-40097-0 )
  • Costume history of the civilized peoples. Stuttgart 1880. ( digitized version )
  • Aesthetics of the arts and crafts. Stuttgart 1883.
  • The garden. His art and art history. Spemann, Berlin et al. 1884. ( Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. Volume II, Erlangen 1936, p. 160.

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personal data
SURNAME Falcon, jacob von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falcon, Jacob; Falke, Jakob von; Falke, Jacob Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian cultural and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratzeburg
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1897
Place of death Lovran , Croatia