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Winckelmann was a German classical archaeologist and art historian who is considered the founder of neoclassicism and of systematic art history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
Other Authors: Irwin, David G. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : Phaidon, [1972]
Subjects:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, > 1717-1768.
Art.
Visual arts Essays
Table of Contents:
  • Winckelmann: Life and reputation
  • Classical antiquity and its interpretation
  • Art, theory and morality
  • Romanticism
  • Winckelmann as art historian
  • Texts. On the imitation of the painting and sculpture of the Greeks (1755)
  • Remarks on the architecture of the ancients (1762)
  • Essay on the beautiful in art (1763)
  • History of ancient art (1764)
  • Attempt at an allegory (1766)
  • Notes to the texts.