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Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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in Stendal, Germany

December 09, 1717

Died

June 08, 1768

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", Winckelmann was one of the founders of scientific archaeology and first applied the categories of style on a large, systematic basis to the history of art. Many consider him the father of the discipline of art history. His would be the decisive influence on the rise of the neoclassical movement during the late 18th century. His writings influenced not only a new science of archaeology and art history but Western painting, sculpture, literature and even philosophy. Winckelmann's History of Ancient Art (1764) ...more

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	Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture 3.41 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1755 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Art of Antiquity by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Harry Mallgrave (Translator), Alex Potts (Introduction) 3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1762 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il bello nell'arte: La natura, gli antichi, la modernità by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Claudio Franzoni (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1763 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writings on Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winckelmann's Images from the Ancient World: Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian 2.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1767 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antikçağ Sanat Tarihi by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Oğuz Özügül (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Ancient Art, Volume 1 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: With Instructions for the Connoisseur, and an Essay on Grace in Works of Art. Translated from ... Fusseli, ... the Second Edition, Corrected. 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture, 142) by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, David Carter (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence.”
― Johann Joachim Winckelmann

tags: art, beauty, color

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“В изкуството да се говори не е трудно да се каже много, а да се каже малко.”
― Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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