Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst

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Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst is an influential 18th-century aesthetic treatise that helped found modern art history by championing the ideals of classical Greek art.

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instanceOf aesthetic treatise ⓘ
art theory text ⓘ
book ⓘ
addresses art lovers ⓘ
artists ⓘ
scholars of antiquity ⓘ
advocates imitation of Greek art as a model of beauty ⓘ
associatedWith Neoclassicism ⓘ
author Johann Joachim Winckelmann ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
circulation widely read in 18th-century Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
critiques contemporary baroque and rococo styles ⓘ
disciplineFounded foundational text of modern art history ⓘ
field art criticism ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
focusesOn Greek painting ⓘ
Greek sculpture ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
hasPart later appended essays and notes ⓘ
main treatise text ⓘ
historicalContext European Enlightenment ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish art history as a scholarly discipline ⓘ
influenced development of modern art history ⓘ
neoclassical aesthetics ⓘ
theory of classical ideal beauty ⓘ
keyConcept noble simplicity and quiet grandeur ⓘ
movement Enlightenment aesthetics ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation classicist aesthetics ⓘ
promotes study of antiquity as foundation for artistic practice ⓘ
publicationYear 1755 ⓘ
publisherLocation Dresden ⓘ
relatedWork Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ⓘ
subject aesthetics ⓘ
art history ⓘ
classical Greek art ⓘ
imitation in art ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed classical Greece ⓘ
linked to: Classical Greece
translatedInto English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ

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