Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

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Johann Joachim Winckelmann, David Carter

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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.

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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 Select Bibliography