Br ü cke, Ernst Wilhelm von

( b Berlin, Germany, 6 September 1819; d . Vienna, Austria, 7 January 1892)

physiology .

Br ü cke was the son of a painter and thought of following his father ’ s profession. Even though he became a doctor instead, he dealt throughout his life so intensively with questions concerning the theory of art that they form an integral part of his work.

In 1838 Br ü cke began studying at Berlin. His final teacher, whose assistant Br ü cke became in 1843, was the physiologist Johannes M ü ller, whose circle of friends and colleagues at that time included Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil Du Bois-Reymond, and, indirectly, Carl Ludwig. Br ü cke formed ...