Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)

by Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-68) has long been recognized as one of the founders of modern art history and a major force in the development of archaeology and the study of ancient Greek architecture. He also exerted an influence on the Weimar Classicism of Goethe and Schiller, for whom his description of Greek sculpture as evoking "edle Einfalt und stille Gr sse" (noble simplicity and a calm greatness) became a watchword. He contributed to modern...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1571135200

ISBN13:9781571135209

Release Date:December 2013

Publisher:Camden House (NY)

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.29 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography Social Science Social Sciences

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(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)

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