Java is landlocked.
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt -LRB- May 25 , 1818 -- August 8 , 1897 -RRB- was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields .. Swiss. Switzerland. historian. historian. art. art history. culture. cultural history. historiography. historiography. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history .. cultural history. cultural history. Sigfried Giedion described Burckhardt 's achievement in the following terms  : `` The great discoverer of the age of the Renaissance , he first showed how a period should be treated in its entirety , with regard not only for its painting , sculpture and architecture , but for the social institutions of its daily life as well . ''. Sigfried Giedion. Sigfried Giedion. Renaissance. Renaissance. Burckhardt 's best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy -LRB- 1860 -RRB- .. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Renaissance. Renaissance