Kugler

Kugler, FRANZ, a German historian of art, was born at Stettin, January 19, 1808, studied at Berlin and Heidelberg, and in 1833 became a professor in the Academy of Art and a docent at the university of Berlin. He died March 18, 1858. His most valuable work is a Handbuch der Geschichte der Malerei, von Konstantin d. Gr. bis auf die neuere Zeit (2 vols. 1837). Of this the part relating to Italian art was translated by the Eastlakes (5th ed. 1887), and that relating to the German, Spanish, French, and Dutch schools by Head. Kugler's other principal works are a Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte (1841-42), an unfinished Geschichte der Baukunst (1855-60), and a Life of Frederick the Great (with ill. by Menzel, 1840; new ed. 1887; Eng. trans. 1843 and 1877). He is also favourably known as a poet and as the author of several dramas.