Winckelmann Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-57113-846-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 142, 280 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim

Weitere Mitwirkende

Carter, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Translator's Acknowledgments
Introduction
Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture
Open Letter on Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture
Explanation of Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture and Response to the Open Letter on These Thoughts
More Mature Thoughts on the Imitation of the Ancients with Respect to Drawing and the Art of Sculpture
Description of the Most Excellent Paintings in the Dresden Gallery
Reflections on Art
Recalling the Observation of Works of Art
On Grace in Works of Art
Description of the Torso in the Belvedere in Rome
Treatise on the Capacity for Sensitivity to the Beautiful in Art and the Method of Teaching It
Remarks on the Architecture of the Old Temples at Agrigento in Sicily
Preliminary Report on Remarks on the Architecture of the Ancients
Open Letter on the Herculanean Excavations
Notes
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