Winckelmann
Americannoun
noun
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann, a German antiquarian of the 18th century, assured his countrymen that “the only way for us to become great, or even inimitable if possible, is to imitate the Greeks.”
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021
When the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were first excavated, in the mid-eighteenth century, Winckelmann saw some of their artifacts in Naples, and noticed color on them.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018
The hugely influential German historian and archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann was typical in his florid veneration of Greek art.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2015
Winckelmann authenticated a supposedly Roman fresco concocted by Mengs.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2013
But sometimes, happily, we can do what Winckelmann did not do; we can retain the old fancies and compare them with the experience.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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