Winckelmann

[ ving-kuhl-mahn ]

noun
  1. Jo·hann Jo·a·chim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim], /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/, 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.

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How to use Winckelmann in a sentence

  • Yea, if there were only as much paganism as Goethe found and glorified in Winckelmann, even that would not be much.

    We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) | Friedrich Nietzsche
  • To the relief of Antinous Winckelmann gave the place of honour which it now occupies.

    Romance of Roman Villas | Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
  • Winckelmann gloated over their beauty, for he united the artist's appreciation to the connoisseurship of the archologist.

    Romance of Roman Villas | Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
  • Winckelmann, says: Those with the figures or heads of Serapis or Anubis incised upon them are of this period.

    Scarabs | Isaac Myer
  • Winckelmann and his immediate successors saw the ashes cleared from the first Pompeian wall-paintings.

British Dictionary definitions for Winckelmann

Winckelmann

/ (German ˈvɪŋkəlman) /


noun
  1. Johann Joachim (joˈhan ˈjoːaxɪm). 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian; one of the founders of neoclassicism

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