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Winckelmann, Johann Joachim

Stendal, Germany
09.12.1717

Trieste, Italy
08.06.1768

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Career: From 1738 studies of theology and natural sciences at the universities of Halle and Jena; after completing his studies, private teacher and deputy headmaster; 1748 secretary and librarian to Count von Bünau at Nöthnitz; 1754 move to Dresden, 1755 to Rome; travel guide and librarian of the Vatican; 1763 appointment as President of Antiquities by the Pope, later secretary to Cardinal Albani; 1768 visit to Dresden and Vienna; murdered in Trieste on his return journey to Rome.
Selected works: Winckelmann, Johann Joachim. 1756. Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst. Dresden, Leipzig Winckelmann, Johann Joachim. 1771. Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst. Dresden
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Sources: Nida-Rümelin, Julian und Monika Betzler, eds. 1998. Ästhetik und Kunstphilosophie. Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart in Einzeldarstellungen. Stuttgart.
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