George Kubler Quote

The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art.

George Kubler summarizing the view of Meyer Schapiro (with whom he disagrees), quoted by Alpers in Lang, Berel (ed.), The Concept of Style, 1987, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801494397

The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art.

The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art.

The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art.

The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. By style he selects and shapes the history of art.