page_title: Alois Riegl
hierarchical_section_title: Alois Riegl
caption_attribution_description: English: Author unknown, but photo taken ca. 1890. Source: http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.data.image.r/r647058a.jpg .
context_page_description: Alois Riegl was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self-sufficient academic discipline, and one of the most influential practitioners of formalism.
context_section_description: Alois Riegl (14 January 1858, Linz – 17 June 1905, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self-sufficient academic discipline, and one of the most influential practitioners of formalism.
caption: Alois Riegl, ca. 1890
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