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Edmund von Mach (1870-1927) was an art historian and a professor at the department of fine arts at Harvard University. He wrote several books on ancient art such as A Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture but also on recent subjects such as Outlines of the History of Painting and The Art of Painting in the Nineteenth Century . He also edited the Allgemienes Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler .