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. "Trachtenberg, Marvin (Lawrence) 1939-". Encyclopedia.com . Archived from the original on 5 December 2025.
2. "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. "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 .