Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums

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Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums is Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s pioneering 18th-century study that laid the foundations of modern art history and classical archaeology through its systematic analysis of ancient art.

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instanceOf art history treatise ⓘ
book ⓘ
work of classical archaeology ⓘ
author Johann Joachim Winckelmann ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
describedBySource Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s collected works ⓘ
describes Egyptian art ⓘ
Etruscan art ⓘ
Greek sculpture ⓘ
Roman sculpture ⓘ
fieldOfStudy archaeology ⓘ
art history ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
genre archaeology ⓘ
art history ⓘ
hasEdition second expanded edition ⓘ
hasInfluenced European neoclassical art criticism ⓘ
German classical scholarship ⓘ
hasPart Einleitung ⓘ
Erster Teil ⓘ
Zweiter Teil ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
influenced aesthetic theory of the 18th century ⓘ
classical archaeology ⓘ
modern art history ⓘ
neoclassicism ⓘ
influencedBy Roman antiquities ⓘ
ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ
archaeological discoveries in Italy ⓘ
mainSubject Greek art ⓘ
Roman art ⓘ
ancient art ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
methodology comparative study of ancient artworks ⓘ
historical and systematic analysis of style ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
notableIdea ideal of noble simplicity and quiet grandeur ⓘ
supremacy of Greek art ⓘ
systematic stylistic development of ancient art ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeOfPublication Dresden ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
publicationType monograph ⓘ
publicationYear 1764 ⓘ
significance foundational work of classical archaeology ⓘ
foundational work of modern art history ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ⓘ

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann → notableWork → Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ⓘ
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums → describedBySource → Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s collected works ⓘ
linked to: Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums