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 Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s collected works