Winckelmann and the invention of antiquity history and aesthetics in the age of Altertumswissenschaft

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 Winckelmann between his death in 1768 and the end of the centu...

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Main Author: Harloe, Katherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Classical presences / Classical presences
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 Winckelmann between his death in 1768 and the end of the century
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780191755880