Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art History

by Alex Potts

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), one of the most important figures ever to have written about art, is considered by many to be the father of modern art history. This book is an intellectual biography of Winckelmann that discusses his magnum opus, History of the Art of Antiquity, in the context of his life and work in Germany and in Rome in the eighteenth century.

Alex Potts analyzes Winckelmann's eloquent account of the aesthetic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300087365

ISBN13:9780300087369

Release Date:October 2000

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.48 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography History & Criticism Individual Artists

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