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Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Johann Winckelmann
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Hardcover. Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. Translator(s): Carter, David R. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black and white. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. 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 Grösse" (noble simplicity and a calm greatness) became ... Read more
Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. 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 Grösse" (noble simplicity and a calm greatness) became ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135209
SKU
V9781571135209
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