Wilhelm Lubke, a German historian of art, born in Dortmund, Jan. 17, 1826. He studied at Bonn and Berlin, and in 1852 published Vorschule zur Geschichte der Kirchenbaukunst des Mittelalters, in 1853 Mittelalterliche Kunst inWestfalen, and in 1855 Geschichte der Archi-tektur (4th ed., 1870), which gained for him the professorship of architecture in Berlin. From 1858 to 1860 he travelled in Italy, Belgium, and France. In 1861 he became professor of art history and archaeology at Zurich, and in 1866 was called to the chair of art history in the polytechnic and art schools in Stuttgart. Besides the foregoing, and new editions of Kugler's works, he has published Grundriss der Kunstgeschichte (1861; 5th ed., 1871); Abriss der Geschichte der Baukunst (1861; 3d ed., 1868); Die Frauen in der Kunstgeschichte (1862); Geschichte der Plastik (1863; 2d ed., 1870); Kunsthistorische Studien (1869); and several minor writings, including the texts for the "Madonna Album" (1860), the "Titian Album" (1861), the "Paul Veronese Album" (1862), and the " Michel Angelo Album " (1863).