Winckelmann
Americannoun
noun
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Winckelmann, who is sometimes called the “father of art history,” judged Greek marble sculpture to be the summit of human achievement — unsurpassed by any other society, ancient or modern.
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
It is curious that several writers, and Winckelmann among the rest, should have adopted a triple division of the body—without, however, duly founding it in anthropology.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander
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