Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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archaeologist art historian historian of classical antiquity human writer

Johann Joachim Winckelmann was an 18th-century German art historian and archaeologist whose writings on classical antiquity helped found modern art history and profoundly shaped Neoclassical aesthetics.

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convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1717-12-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1768-06-08 ⓘ
describedBySource Deutsche Biographie ⓘ
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Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Cardinal Alessandro Albani ⓘ
Vatican Library ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
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fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
art history ⓘ
classical archaeology ⓘ
givenName Joachim ⓘ
Johann ⓘ
influenced Anton Raphael Mengs ⓘ
European art history ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
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Neoclassicism ⓘ
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influencedBy ancient Greek art ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned German ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Johann Joachim Winckelmann self-link ⓘ
notableWork Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst ⓘ
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ⓘ
occupation antiquarian ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
art historian ⓘ
classical philologist ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
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placeOfDeath Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
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Trieste, Italy ⓘ
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religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Rome ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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