Carl Justi y el arte español

Carl Justi (1832–1912) devoted much of his life to Spanish art and disseminated its knowledge in Germany, arousing interest in studying it and securing it a place in international art historiography. He also enjoyed significant influence among his Spanish colleagues, as he was a regular visitor to the country on numerous study trips. He very soon earned acclaim as an art historian for his biography of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, which remains unsurpassed, and went on to study Spanish art and culture. One of his earliest and best known works was Diego Velázquez and His Times. The original German edition (1888) was the first modern scientific study of the painter and his oeuvre, and the book continues to be published and read to this day. Interest in the writings of this eminent Hispanist remains alive, as proven by the recent republication of Misceláneas de tres siglos de vida artística española, which brings together his most outstanding studies of Spanish art.