Winckelmann and the Invention of Antiquity: History and Aesthetics in the Age of Altertumswissenschaft by Katherine Harloe

Winckelmann and the Invention of Antiquity: History and Aesthetics in the Age of Altertumswissenschaft

Classical Presences

Katherine Harloe

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nonfiction art classics history
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This book is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of art, history, and culture, particularly those interested in the evolution of classical studies, the power of aesthetics, and the enduring legacy of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's groundbreaking ideas on the ancient world.

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This volume provides a new perspective on the emergence of the modern study of antiquity, Altertumswissenschaft, in eighteenth-century Germany through an exploration of debates that arose over the work of the art historian Johann Joachim Winckelma...

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