History of the Art of Antiquity

by: Winckelmann, J.J.

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History of the art of antiquity
Authors:Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Alex Potts

Summary:"Translation of a foundational text for the disciplines of art history and archaeology. Offers a systematic history of art in ancient Egypt, Persia, Etruria, Rome, and, above all, Greece that synthesizes the visual and written evidence then available

In 1764, Johann Joachim Winckelmann published a key early instance of art-historical thinking, his "Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums", here translated into English for the first time. Dazzled by the sensuous and plastic beauty of recently excavated artifacts - coins, engraved gems, vases, paintings, reliefs, and statues - Winckelmann synthesized the visual and written evidence then available into a systematic history of art in ancient Egypt, Persia, Etruria, Rome, and, above all, Greece. His passionate yet detailed inquiry investigates the idea of beauty over time and space, offering a chronological and descriptive account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been reiterated and contested into the twentieth century. Alex Potts's introduction not only sketches the circumstances that shaped Winckelmann's project but also assesses this scholar's indelible influence on European intellectual life - for both modern art history and archaeology commence with Winckelmann.

Series:
Texts & documents

xiv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Contents:
History of the art of antiquity
Legends for the engravings
Engravings
I: Investigation of art with regard to its essence
1. Origin of art and reasons for its diversity among peoples
2. Art of the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians
3. Art of the Etruscans and their neighbors
4. Art of the Greeks
5. Art of the Romans
II: History of the art of antiquity with regard to the external circumstances of the time among the Greeks

History of the Art of Antiquity

by: Winckelmann, J.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780892366682 / 978-0-89236-668-2
• ISBN-03: 0892366680 / 0-89236-668-0
• Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2006

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock