Johann Joachim Winckelmann
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Education, Arts, Social Science, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Historians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Winckelmann’s studies of ancient Greek art profoundly influenced the development of the European neoclassical period in the late eighteenth century. His work helped to shape the areas of literature, the fine arts, art history, and classical archaeology.
Early Life
Johann Joachim Winckelmann was born the son of a poor shoemaker, Martin Winckelmann, in a rural village of the Mark Brandenburg, in what was then Prussia. He was an extremely intelligent and academically gifted child and was thus able to attend a formal Latin school. In...
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