Finding aid for the Leo Steinberg research papers, 1945-1996, bulk 1950-1993 930046
Rose Lachman.
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Title: Leo Steinberg research papers
Creator: Barr, Margaret Scolari, 1901-1987
Creator: Cohen, Gerson D. (Gerson David), 1924-
Creator: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
Creator: Goldwater, Robert, 1907-1973
Creator: Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002
Creator: Bober, Harry, 1915-1988
Creator: Canaday, John, 1907-1985
Creator: Chastel, André, 1912-1990
Creator: Krautheimer, Richard, 1897-1994
Creator: Lavin, Irving, 1927-2019
Creator: Lehmann, Karl, 1894-1960
Creator: Leider, Philip, , 1929-
Creator: Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982
Creator: Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
Creator: Kitzinger, Ernst, 1912-2003
Creator: Kramer, Hilton
Creator: Michelson, Annette
Creator: Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004
Creator: Lotz, Wolfgang, 1912-1981
Creator: Sterling, Charles, 1901-1991
Creator: Steinberg, Leo, 1920-2011
Creator: Salmony, Alfred, 1890-1958
Creator: Wittkower, Rudolf
Creator: Weissberger, Herbert
Identifier/Call Number: 930046
Physical Description: 12 Linear Feet(54 boxes, 63 unprocessed boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1945-1996 (bulk 1950-1993)
Date (bulk): 1950-1993
Abstract: Art historian, critic, lecturer, and professor. The papers consist of research notes, correspondence relating to Steinberg's
lectures and essays, papers written by his students, several versions of some of his essays, an abandoned dissertation project,
and many of his notebooks from courses he took at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. The archive reflects Steinberg's career
as an art critic, lecturer, and teacher, ca. 1945-ca.1996.
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Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Leo Steinberg Research Papers consist of research notes, correspondence relating to his lectures and essays, papers written
by his students, several versions of some of his essays, an abandoned dissertation project, and many of his notebooks from
courses he took at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. The archive reflects Steinberg's career as an art critic,
lecturer and teacher from ca. 1945-ca. 1996. Correspondence from ca.1993-1996 consists mainly of letters and notes by Steinberg
about the archive.
The research notes and course notebooks, which contain numerous photographs, give a clear picture of Steinberg's topics of
interest. The artists he concentrated on include Francesco Borromini, Auguste Rodin and Titian (boxes 1-8). The correspondence
deals mostly with lectures he gave at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and elsewhere (boxes 9-10); the publication series refers
almost exclusively to the essays compiled in his book
Other Criteria (boxes 11 and 12, the latter an audio tape). The abandoned dissertation,
Afterlife of Romanesque, reflects his interest in romanesque art and architecture under the influence of his professor, Richard Krautheimer (box
13); and the course notebooks contain his notes from his student days with such distinguished art historians as Erwin Panofsky,
Richard Krautheimer, Charles Sterling, Karl Lehmann, Alfred Salmony, Harry Bober and Wolfgang Lotz (boxes 14-28).
Arrangement note
The papers are organized in 7 series:
Series I. Borromini research, 1953-1993 (bulk 1953-1960);
Series II. Rodin research, 1962-1977;Series III. Titian research, 1965-1986;
Series IV. Correspondence and lectures, 1952-1995;
Series V. Publications: Manuscripts and Letters, 1962-1996;
Series VI. Abandoned dissertation, 1956;
Series VII. Course notes, 1950-1963.
Biographical/Historical Note
Leo Steinberg, art historian, critic, lecturer and professor, was born in Russia in 1920 and lived in Berlin and London before
emigrating to the United States in 1938. After studying at the Slade School of Art in London, he entered the Institute of
Fine Arts at New York University in the mid-1950s (Ph.D., 1960), where he studied art and architecture with historians Harry
Bober, Richard Krautheimer, Karl Lehmann, Wolfgang Lotz, Erwin Panofsky, Alfred Salmony and Charles Sterling. In 1958 and
1959 he was a guest of the American Academy in Rome, where he researched and wrote his dissertation on the baroque architect
Francesco Borromini.
Steinberg taught drawing and art history at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York from
1961 to 1975, and ended his teaching career as Benjamin Franklin Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (1975-1991).
His lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Studio School in New York, Columbia University, and elsewhere attracted
a broad audience of artists, art lovers and scholars. As an art critic, he is known for his writings on historical subjects
and individual artists, as well as on modern and contemporary art subjects.
Published works range from short reviews and essays to book-length studies and include
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, a study in multiple form and architectual symbolism, 1960;
Jasper Johns, 1963;
Other Criteria, 1972 (compilation of 18 essays);
Michelangelo's last paintings, the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of St. Peter in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican
Palace
, 1975;
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance art and in modern oblivion, 1983.
Leo Steinberg is the first art historian to receive the Award in Literature from the American Academy and the Institute for
Arts and Letters (1983). He also received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism from the College
Art Association (1984), and a MacArthur Fellowship (1986).
Processing History
Jocelyn Gibbs processed and wrote a box list for the first acquisition (accession no. 930046). A supplementary acquisition
(accession no. 960096) was moved to this collection and processed by Rose Lachman.
Additions received in 2012 and 2013 are not yet processed.
Acquisition Information
Received from Leo Steinberg, in two acquisitions, 1993, 1996.
Preferred Citation
Leo Steinberg research papers, 1945-1996 (bulk 1950-1993), Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 930046.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa930046
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Digitized Material
An audio tape of Paul Brach interviewed by Clare Spark-Loeb regarding
Other Criteria was digitized in July 2017. Access is available only to on-site next hit Readers and Getty staff.
Click here for digitized recording.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs, Original
Photographic prints
Notebooks
Art, Modern -- History
Arts (New York, N.Y.)
Art -- History -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States
Art journal (New York, N.Y.)
Art historians -- United States
Art critics -- United States
Art historians -- Archives
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917
Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667
Johns, Jasper, 1930-
Titian, approximately 1488-1576
Borromini research, Series I.
1953-1993 bulk 1953-1960
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains research notes and photographs accumulated by Steinberg for his dissertation on Francesco Borromini, written
1958/1959. Primary sites described include S. Carlino, S. Agnese, S. Ivo, Palazzo Falconieri and Palazzo Spada. This series
also includes correspondence with Rudolf Wittkower and Erwin Hainisch; lecture given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, and Harvard; articles by Paolo Portoghesi; and original typescript of the dissertation.
box 1, folder 1
S. Carlino - Albertina drawings and non-Albertina drawings,
1993
Scope and Contents note
3-page letter (July 1993) from Steinberg to Kevin Salatino (curator, Getty Research Library) explaining items in this file;
2 sets of numbered registers for Albertina's Borromini drawings, re-constructed by Steinberg in the course of his research;
notes, many with drawings, including notes made by Margot Scolari (Daisy) Barr at the Albertina for Steinberg circa 60 items.
box 1, folder 2
Correspondence with Wittkower,
approximately 1960-1967
Scope and Contents note
1 explanatory note from Steinberg (dated June 1993); 6 letters between Steinberg and Wittkower; 8 pages "Appendix IV: Borromini
and Stoicism" (by Wittkower?), with pencil annotations by Steinberg.
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence with Albertina,
1960-1961, 1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
7 letters between Steinberg and Erwin Hainisch regarding access to Borromini drawings at the Albertina (1960-1961); later
correspondence regarding reproduction rights (1976-1977).
box 1, folder 4
Wolfgang Lotz comments on Steinberg's dissertation,
undated
Scope and Contents
2 sheets.
box 1, folder 5
S. Carlino - interior, excluding dome and conches photographs
Scope and Contents note
circa 30 items.
box 1, folder 6
S. Carlino - dome pattern
Scope and Contents note
34 photographs, some negatives, notes, some printed material.
box 1, folder 7
S. Carlino - diagram, drawings notes, drawings, photographs
Scope and Contents note
circa 60 items.
box 1, folder 8
S. Carlino - vedute
Scope and Contents note
Notes, some correspondence regarding obtaining photographs, photographs, printed material, circa 25 items.
box 1, folder 9
S. Carlino - crypt and cloister
Scope and Contents note
Photographs with some annotations, circa 13 items.
box 1, folder 10
S. Carlino - exterior
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, 21 items.
box 1, folder 11
S. Carlino - inverted volutes
Scope and Contents note
Notes, photographs, printed material, negatives, circa 12 items.
box 1, folder 12
S. Carlino - Introduction
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes, circa 15 items.
box 1, folder 13
S. Carlino - photographs of drawings
Scope and Contents note
Berlin, 30 photographs from Kunstbibliothek, plus handwritten inventory list with negative numbers.
box 1, folder 14
S. Carlino - miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Notes, 1 letter, copies of drawings, circa 12 items.
box 1, folder 15
S. Carlino - miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Printed material, photographs, notes, circa 15 items.
box 2, folder 1
S. Carlino - miscellaneous notes
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes, circa 30 items.
box 2, folder 2
S. Carlino - miscellaneous notes and drawings
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drawings, 1 letter, circa 20 items.
box 2, folder 3
S. Carlino - miscellaneous "new matter to consider"
Scope and Contents note
Notes, some typed, circa 30 items.
box 2, folder 4
Bernini-Borromini lectures,
1960
Scope and Contents note
7 typed lectures, with annotations, given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Harvard, Spring 1960.
box 2, folder 5
San Carlino lecture,
1960
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes ("to recast & condense S. Carlo lecture") & typed annotated lecture given at the Met and Harvard, Spring
1960.
box 2, folder 6
Borromini - not S. Carlino, notes
Scope and Contents note
2 small notebooks, 1 bundle of loose notes.
box 2, folder 7
S. Maria dei Sette Dolori
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drawings, annotated photographs, circa 25 items.
box 2, folder 8
S. Agnese / Palazzo Pamphili
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drawings, photographs, circa 15 items.
box 2, folder 9
Lateran
Scope and Contents note
Notes, printed material, drawings, photographs, circa 60 items.
box 2, folder 10
Oratorio
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drawings, photographs, circa 80 items.
box 2, folder 11
S. Ivo - text
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drawings, photographs, some printed material, circa 60 items.
box 2, folder 12
S. Ivo - notes
Scope and Contents note
Notes in several small bundles, 7 letters with Konrad Hoffman, 1962, circa 30 items.
box 2, folder 13
S. Ivo - photographs
Scope and Contents note
20 items.
box 3, folder 1
Propaganda Fide
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and notes, drawings, circa 30 items.
box 3, folder 2
Articles by P. Portoghesi,
1953-1956, 1958
Scope and Contents note
9 issues or parts of issues of
Quaderni dell 'architettura, with articles by Paolo Portoghesi; 3 offprints by Portoghesi on Borromini.
box 3, folder 3
P. Portoghesi World encyclopedia article on Borromini
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (translated into English), circa 25 pages.
box 3, folder 4
Borromini drawings, miscellaneous, and "destination uncertain"
Scope and Contents note
16 photographs, some heavily annotated.
box 3, folder 5
Palazzo Spada
Scope and Contents note
18 photographs, 2 drawings (1 ink drawing on tracing paper).
box 3, folder 6
Palazzo Carpegna
Scope and Contents note
7 pages of notes with drawings, 1 photograph.
box 3, folder 7
Falconieri - Palazzo a villa
Scope and Contents note
12 photographs of building, and drawings, some with annotations; 4 pages of notes.
box 3, folder 8
Kate Ganz paper regarding Falconieri ceilings,
1968
Scope and Contents note
Written for Wittkower, with a note from Ganz to Steinberg.
box 3, folder 9
S. Sabina - cell of St. Dominic
Scope and Contents note
Notes, 1 photograph, 5 items.
box 3, folder 10
S. Giovanni in Oleo
Scope and Contents note
5 sheets of notes with drawings, 4 photographs.
box 3, folder 11
S. Lucia in Selci
Scope and Contents note
7 sheets of notes, 6 photographs.
box 3, folder 12
Palazzo Giustiniani
Scope and Contents note
5 sheets of notes, 1 offprint, 1 photograph.
box 3, folder 13
Biblioteca Angelica
Scope and Contents note
1 drawing, 1 photograph of interior.
box 3, folder 14
Miscellaneous photographs
Scope and Contents note
5 photographs mounted on 3 boards, various buildings.
box 3, folder 15
S. Giovanni dei Florentino - Falconieri chapel
Scope and Contents note
4 sheets of notes.
Dissertation - original typescript as photographed & republished by Garland, 1977
Scope and Contents note
Dissertation written 1958-1959, New York University, S. Carlo alle quattro Fontane.
Rodin research, Series II.
1962-1977
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains photographs, clippings, and notes for Steinberg's essay "Rodin: Sculptures and Drawings," published as introduction
to an exhibition catalog for the Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, NY, May, 1963 and in
Other Criteria. Most of the photographs are by Farrell Grehan.
box 4, folder 4
Rodin groups
Scope and Contents note
Circa 10 photographs, printed material, some notes, circa 15 items.
box 4, folder 5
Rodin - abstracts and clippings
Scope and Contents note
Circa 16 pages notes & a few printed materials, mostly articles.
box 4, folder 6
Rodin correspondence,
1962-1963, 1971
Scope and Contents note
With Charles Slatkin of Charles Slatkin, Inc. Galleries, New York: 13 letters, most regarding Rodin exhibit.
box 4, folder 7
Rodin notes, miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
circa 25 items.
box 4, folder 8
Rodin - Esen notes & correspondence,
1962-1963, 1971, 1977
Scope and Contents note
8 letters with Albert Esen; Esen 2-page typed notes regarding Steinberg essay on Rodin (published 1962) with Steinberg annotations;
notes, circa 25 items.
box 4, folder 9
Rodin - on working stone
Scope and Contents note
Notes and parts of draft essay, 11 sheets.
box 4, folder 10
Rodin - unused notes,
1962, 1969, 1971
Scope and Contents note
Notes, with drawings, circa 50 pages.
box 4, folder 11
Rodin - Durig estate - fakes,
1969
Scope and Contents note
4 letters (1969): 3 regarding Durig estate of 154 drawings, presumably by Rodin, on which Steinberg gave an assessment; 1
letter from unidentified collector regarding a "Rodin" watercolor; photographs, notes, printed material, circa 50 items.
box 5, folder 1-2
Rodin - miscellaneous photographs and clippings I
Scope and Contents note
circa 80 items.
box 5, folder 3
Rodin - miscellaneous photographs and clippings II
Scope and Contents note
circa 15 items.
box 5, folder 4
Rodin - miscellaneous photographs and clippings III
Scope and Contents note
circa 30 items.
box 5, folder 5
Rodin - gates and related works (1880-1885?)
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and clippings, 10 items.
box 5, folder 6
Rodin - broken nose
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and notes regarding man with broken nose sculpture, 5 items.
box 5, folder 7
Balzac
Scope and Contents note
5 photographs.
box 5, folder 8
Rodin afterlife
Scope and Contents note
Notes, most regarding influence of Rodin on later artists, 4 items.
box 5, folder 9
Rodin Q
Scope and Contents note
Notes & printed material regarding Rodin's sources, circa 30 items.
box 5, folder 10
Rodin figures
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, most marked for publication, circa 30 items.
box 5, folder 11
Rodin figures
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, 22 items.
box 5, folder 12
Burghers of Calais
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, notes, clippings, circa 40 items.
box 5, folder 13
Rodin - miscellaneous photographs
Scope and Contents note
Circa 30 photographs, with some printed material (include clipping regarding Ernst Durig estate) and notes.
box 5, folder 14
Rodin hands
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, negatives, circa 15 items.
box 5, folder 15
Rodin - Farrell Grehan photographs
Scope and Contents note
27 photographs & 1 letter from Steinberg to Grehan.
box 5, folder 16
Rodin - Farrell Grehan photographs
Scope and Contents note
10 items.
box 6*
Rodin oversize photographs
Scope and Contents note
9 photographs, 8 mounted, all by Farrell Grehan.
Titian research, Series III.
1965-1986
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains notes, drawings and photographs for Steinberg's lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) on Titian's
Presentation of the Virgin; also typescript of David Rosand's article on Titian.
box 7, folder 1
Titian's Presentation of the Virgin
Scope and Contents note
Circa 30 photographs, some printed material, notes with drawings.
box 7, folder 2
Titian's Presentation - David Rosand,
1973
Scope and Contents note
4-page letter from Steinberg to David Rosand (June 1973) regarding Steinberg contributing a paragraph to Rosand article; copies
of Rostand's articles; circa 60-page typescript of Rostand essay, "Lux Mundi" (regarding Titian's Presentation).
box 7, folder 3
Titian - La Veccia - notes
Scope and Contents note
9 pages of notes.
box 7, folder 4
Tiziano
Scope and Contents note
Spiral bound notebook of notes, with drawings (some notes in a hand not Steinberg's).
box 7, folder 5
Robert Torchia paper on Titian's Presentation
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, with some annotations by Steinberg, dated May 1986 (Torchia a graduate student at University of Pennsylvania).
box 7, folder 6
Titian lecture, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1965
Scope and Contents note
Lecture and outline, typescripts with annotations, circa 35 pages.
box 8
Titian's presentation notes
Scope and Contents note
On index cards and small note paper.
flatfile 1**
Excavation report on Santa Maria della Carità,
circa 1965
Correspondence and lectures, Series IV.
1952-1995
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains correspondence about lecture series presented by Steinberg at the Metropolitan and elsewhere. Correspondents
include Gerson Cohen, Rene d'Harnoncourt, John Canaday, Margaret Scolari Barr, André Chastel, Julius Held, H.S. Janson, Irving
Lavin, Annette Michelson and Phil Leider. Correspondence with Hilton Kramer concerns Steinberg's column in
Arts. Many letters are in response to Steinberg's lecture, "Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion." An
offprint of his essay, "Eve's Idle Hand," published in
Art Journal 1975/1976 is included along with student papers based on the essay.
box 9, folder 1
Letters regarding lectures (excluding Metropolitan Museum of Art),
1952-1973
Scope and Contents note
34 items includes letter from Steinberg to Gerson Cohen (1970 November 16) from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the
Humanities about giving a lecture series. Correspondents include Rene d'Harnoncourt, John Canaday and Gerson Cohen.
box 9, folder 2
Letters regarding lectures at Metropolitan Museum of Art,
1957-1960
Scope and Contents note
54 items.
box 9, folder 3
Letters regarding publications and articles,
1955, 1961-1986
Scope and Contents note
6 items includes entry for Steinberg in
Who's Who in World Jewry 1955.
box 9, folder 4
Correspondence with Hilton Kramer,
1955-1979
Scope and Contents note
9 items regarding column Steinberg wrote for
Arts magazine (1955-1960); with later explanatory comments from Steinberg (December 1996); includes letter from Annette Michelson
(1979 October 22) about article she wrote as editor for
October.
box 9, folder 5
Letters regarding column in
Arts,
1953-1960
Scope and Contents note
24 items includes letter from Josef Albers (1956 April 30) and letter regarding CAA annual Frank J. Mather Award given to
Steinberg, 1958.
box 9, folder 6
Articles regarding essay on Jasper Johns,
1975-1996
Scope and Contents note
8 items with later explanatory comments by Steinberg (December 1996) about corrections to the literature; includes correspondence
with German critic, Willi Bongard.
box 9, folder 7
Letters from scholars,
1958-1992
Scope and Contents note
16 items includes letters from Margaret Scolari Barr, André Chastel, Julius Held, H.W. Janson, Irving Lavin and Phil Leider.
box 9, folder 8
"Sexuality of Christ" Lionel Trilling lecture,
1981 November 19
Scope and Contents note
34 items includes correspondence with proposal for the lecture and followed by letters about the lecture: "Sexuality of Christ
in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion."
box 9, folder 9
Subsequent lectures based on Sexuality of Christ...,
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
32 items includes correspondence about lectures Steinberg gave in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York Hospital, Yale and
Northwestern University.
box 9, folder 10
Paper by Helena Schulz-Keil,
1986
Scope and Contents note
Paper written in response to "Sexuality of Christ...," includes letter from Schulz-Keil.
box 9, folder 11
Bowdoin College commencement address, and memorial tribute to Albert Elsen,
1995
Scope and Contents note
2 items includes Steinberg received honorary Ph.D. at Bowdoin; Elsen tribute was published in College Art Association newsletter.
box 9, folder 12
Report on teaching art history,
1956
Scope and Contents note
Report written for Parsons School of Design.
box 9, folder 13
Student paper: "Michelangelo's Victory,"
1979
Scope and Contents note
3 items includes Steinberg's edits on paper and 2 letters from student Maud Lavin.
box 9, folder 14
"Eve's Idle Hand,"
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
29 items includes Steinberg offprint from
Art Journal; correspondence with students; papers from Hunter College students based on Steinberg's essay.
box 10
Reading and lecture notes on 17th century Italian painting,
1960
Scope and Contents note
Ending with Sebastiano Mazzoni (Mazzoni lecture given at Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960).
Publications: Manuscripts and Letters, Series V.
1962-1996
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains correspondence, reviews, and versions of several of the essays included in
Other Criteria. This series also contains a folder of clippings with citations for Steinberg's publications used by various authors, and
an audio tape interview of Paul Brach by Clare Spark Loeb about
Other Criteria.
box 11, folder 1
"The Algerian Women and Picasso at Large"
Scope and Contents note
Penultimate version of essay published in
Other Criteria, 1972. Includes annotations, 71 pages.
box 11, folder 2
"Creation of Adam"
Scope and Contents note
Early version of essay for
Art Bulletin, (December 1992) with annotations; sections: Devil's Due, Rebel Angels and Creation.
box 11, folder 3
"Picasso's Sleepwatchers"
Scope and Contents note
Essay as it appeared in
Life Magazine, (1968 December 27); includes 15 letters from friends, published letters to the editors appearing in
Life Magazine (1969 January 24) and article by critic, Hilton Kramer in
The New York Times (1969 January 5). The essay was also published in
Other Criteria.
box 11, folder 4
Other Criteria,
1971, 1976, 1978
Scope and Contents note
12 items includes correspondence regarding permission for photo reproductions, fees and reprints of articles for the book
of essays (1971, 1976, 1978).
box 11, folder 5
Other Criteria,
1962-1972
Scope and Contents note
33 items includes correspondence about the essays, primarily before they were included in the book; includes letters from
Al Elsen and 3 letters from Steinberg (bulk 1972).
box 11, folder 6
Other Criteria,
1973
Scope and Contents note
24 items includes letters from friends regarding the book.
box 11, folder 7
Other Criteria,
1974-1996
Scope and Contents note
39 items includes correspondence regarding the book includes 2 letters from Steinberg.
box 11, folder 8
Other Criteria,
1972
Scope and Contents note
14 items includes pre-publication reviews.
box 11, folder 9
Other Criteria,
1972-1976
Scope and Contents note
61 items includes published reviews.
box 11, folder 10
Other Criteria,
1972
Scope and Contents note
5 items; typescript transcript (10 pages) of Paul Brach (Dean of the School of Art at California Institute of the Arts) interview
by Clare Spark-Loeb regarding
Other Criteria (1972 December 12); includes 2 letters and 2 announcements.
box 11, folder 11
Clippings of citations
Scope and Contents note
28 items; citations by various authors of Steinberg essays and publications; annotations by Steinberg; many citations sent
to Steinberg by his friend, Andrea Kirsch.
box 12, disc R1
Other Criteria,
1972
Audio tape of Paul Brach interview by Clare Spark-Loeb regarding Other Criteria (digital version available on-site only):
1972
Scope and Contents note
Audio tape of Paul Brach interview by Clare Spark-Loeb regarding
Other Criteria.
Abandoned dissertation, Series VI.
1956
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains research notes, illustrations and bibliographic notecards for Steinberg's abandoned dissertation project,
"Afterlife of Romanesque." Files include first three chapters and research material for chapters IV and V.
box 13, folder 1
Dissertation project
Scope and Contents note
Abandoned dissertation,
Afterlife of Romanesque, chapter I (1956 October 2); includes letter to Professor Richard Krautheimer.
box 13, folder 2
Afterlife of Romanesque, chapter II
box 13, folder 3
Afterlife of Romanesque, chapter III
box 13, folder 4
Material for chapter IV and conclusions
box 13, folder 5
Material for chapter V, Romanesque in Northern Renaissance.
box 13, folder 6
Research notes from readings
box 13, folder 7
Illustrations with annotations
Scope and Contents note
7 sketches, 11 photoprints.
box 13, folder 8
Notes and comments on romanesque, gothic, renaissance and later
box 13, folder 9
Old representations of romanesque
box 13, folder 10
Notes
Scope and Contents note
Reliance on literary sources; surface thinking; anti-clericalism; antiquarian attitude; patriotic considerations; periodization
and terminology.
box 13, folder 11
Notes
Scope and Contents note
Is romanesque a style or a transition only; romanesque architecture defined; internationalization; on romanesque (C17, C18).
box 13, folder 12
Notes
Scope and Contents note
Conceptualization of romanesque (C19); Viollet-le-Duc; new material; book resumes (E. de Beer, M. Schapiro); oblivion of romanesque;
destruction of romanesque.
Course notes, Series VII.
1950-1963
Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Series contains notes taken by Steinberg for courses he attended as a student at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU from 1950-1963.
Most include illustrations and photographs. Professors include Erwin Panofsky, Herbert Weissberger, Charles Sterling, Karl
Lehmann, Alfred Salmony, Harry Bober, Richard Krautheimer, Bates Lowry, Wolfgang Lotz, Robert Goldwater and Ernst Kitzinger.
box 14, folder 1
Early Netherlandish Painting,
1952
Scope and Contents note
First notebook from course audited by Steinberg, Early Netherlandish Painting, Fall 1952, taught by Erwin Panofsky at Institute
of Fine Arts, New York University.
box 14, folder 2
Early Netherlandish Painting, lectures 8-14,
1952-1953
Scope and Contents note
Second notebook from course audited by Steinberg, Early Netherlandish Painting, lectures 8-14, 1952-1953, taught by Erwin
Panofsky, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
box 14, folder 3
Islamic art,
1950
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs from course audited by Steinberg, Islamic art, summer 1950, taught by Herbert Weissberger, New York University.
box 14, folder 4
15th century French painting,
1961 February
Scope and Contents note
from course audited by Steinberg as post-graduate student, 15th century French painting, taught by Charles Sterling.
box 14, folder 5
17th century French painting,
1961 February
Scope and Contents note
from course audited by Steinberg as post-graduate student, 17th century French painting, taught by Charles Sterling.
box 15
Egyptian Art,
1951
Scope and Contents note
Includes one folder of notes, with photographs, from course audited by Steinberg, Egyptian Art, fall 1951, taught by Karl
Lehmann, New York University.
Art of the Stone Age,
1951
Scope and Contents note
with photographs and inserted notes from course audited by Steinberg, Art of the Stone Age, taught by Alfred Salmony, New
York University.
Arts of Japan,
1952
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Includes photographs from course audited by Steinberg, Arts of Japan, taught by Alfred Salmony, New York University.
Aegean Art,
1952, 1957
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Includes photographs from course Steinberg audited and took as a registered graduate student, Aegean Art, 1952 and 1957, taught
by Karl Lehmann, New York University.
Romanesque to Gothic,
1955
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg as a registered graduate student, Romanesque to Gothic,
taught by Harry Bober, New York University.
17th Century Architecture in France and England,
1955, 1960
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg as a registered graduate student, 17th Century Architecture
in France and England, 1955, taught by Richard Krautheimer, New York University; includes paper, Le Vau and Italian Architecture,
May 16, 1960, the final assignment for Ph.D. qualification submitted by Steinberg following his dissertation defense.
Early Renaissance Sculpture,
1958
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Includes lecture and seminar notes taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, Early Renaissance Sculpture, 1957, taught
by H.W. Janson; Funerary Sculpture, 1958, taught by Erwin Panofsky; Iconography of Architecture, 1958 taught by Richard Krautheimer
and Bates Lowry, New York University.
Italian High and Late Renaissance Architecture,
1956
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Includes inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, Italian High and Late Renaissance Architecture,
summer 1956, taught by Wolfgang Lotz, New York University.
African and Oceanic Art,
1957
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, African and Oceanic
Art, 1957, taught by Robert Goldwater, New York University.
Byzantine Art in the Age of Justinian,
1950, 1957, 1958
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Includes lecture notes and photographs taken by Steinberg when he was an auditor and a registered graduate student, Byzantine
Art in the Age of Justinian, 1958, taught by Ernst Kitzinger; Byzantine Architecture, 1957, taught by Richard Krautheimer;
Byzantine Art, 1950, taught by Harry Bober, New York University; includes Steinberg paper, S. Marco of Venice as a Mid-Byzantine
Church, 1958.
Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture,
1958
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, Carolingian and Romanesque
Architecture, taught by Richard Krautheimer, New York University.
Late Antique Art,
1959
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, Late Antique Art, taught
by Karl Lehmann, New York University.
Roman Architecture,
1957
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Includes photographs and inserted notes from course taken by Steinberg when he was a graduate student, Roman Architecture,
1957, taught by J.B. Ward Perkins, New York University; includes reading notes, final exam paper and one lecture, History
of Rome from Early Christian Times, taught by Richard Krautheimer.
Titian,
1963
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From course audited by Steinberg as a post-graduate student, Titian taught by Erwin Panofsky, New York University..
Additions to Collection Series VIII.
approximately 1941-2011
Physical Description: 91.9 Linear Feet
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Papers received in 2012 and 2013, unprocessed at this date.