Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Country

Germany

Birth - Death

1717 - 1768

Occupation

Historian

Description

Archeologist and a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/644941/Johann-Winckelmann
• http://www.egs.edu/library/johann-joachim-winckelmann/biography/
• http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/antiquity/education3.htm

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