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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", Winckelmann was one of the founders of scientific archaeology and first applied the categories of style on a large, systematic basis to the history of art. Many c…
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culture · German art historian (1717–1768) · art historian · librarian · archaeologist · historian · writer · in-home tutor · antiquarian bookseller · also Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giovanni Winkelmann, Johann Winkelmann, Ioann Vinkelman, Winckelmann
Born 9 December 1717 · Died 8 June 1768 · Q57280
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2026· 2 entries
“[L]ittle value is set on Greek literature, to which I have devoted myself so far as I could penetrate, when good books are so scarce and expensive”
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2021· 2 entries
idw: Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Neues BMBF-Projekt untersucht Abschriften des berühmten Kunsthistorikers
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Fr: Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Meuchelmord in Triest
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2018· 1 entry
welt.de: Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Mordrätsel um unsere Klassik-Ikone
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2017· 6 entries
NDR: Zeitzeichen: Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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derStandard: Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Enthusiast der Schönheit
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Deutschlandfunk: 300. Geburtstag von Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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ZEIT: Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Wie modern ist die Antike?
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Tagesspiegel: Ausstellung zu Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Der Erfinder einer idealen Antike
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SRF: Johann Joachim Winckelmann im m.a.x. museo in Chiasso
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1768· 1 entry
Died 1768-06-08.
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1742· 1 entry
Studied at University of Jena (1741–1742).
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1740· 1 entry
Studied at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1738–1740).
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1736· 1 entry
Studied at Köllnisches Gymnasium (1736).
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1717· 1 entry
Born 1717-12-09.
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