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Essay on the philosophy and history of art / Johann Joachim Winckelmann ; with an introduction by Curtis Bowman.
Fine Arts Library N5330 .W7413 2005 v.1-3
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LIBRA N5330 .W7413 2005 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.
- Series:
- Continuum classic texts
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English. 2005
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Art--History--Early works to 1800.
- Art.
- Art--Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Art, Ancient--History.
- Art, Ancient.
- Art, Greek--History.
- Art, Greek.
- History.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Essays on the philosophy and history of art
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2005.
- Summary:
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717u68), German classical archaeologist and art historian, is considered the founder of neoclassicism and of systematic art history. His masterpiece, Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums (1764) surveys the history of Greek Art and sets forth his theories on its fundamental aesthetic principles. This work was expanded in a second edition of 1776 and the work made Winckelmann a European celebrity. This classic text gave birth to late eighteenth-century neoclassicism, and its influence on writers and philosophers, such as Lessing, Herder and Goethe, was enormous. The only complete English version of this work is G. Henry Lodge's translation of 1880 which is reprinted here and includes a life of Winckelmann.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Description of the torso in the Belvedere in Rome, Essay on the capacity for the sentiment for the beautiful in art, Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks
- v. 2. The history of ancient art (vols. I, II)
- v. 3. The history of ancient art (vols. III, IV).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768. Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums. English
- ISBN:
- 0826488137
- OCLC:
- 65465410
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