Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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He had a decisive influence on the rise of the Neoclassical movement during the late 18th century. His writings influenced not only a new science of archaeology and art history but Western painting, sculpture, literature and even philosophy. Winckelmann's ''History of Ancient Art'' (1764) was one of the first books written in German to become a classic of European literature. His subsequent influence on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Nietzsche, Stefan George and Oswald Spengler has been provocatively called "the Tyranny of Greece over Germany".
Winckelmann was homosexual, and open homoeroticism informed his writings on aesthetics. In 1752, he mentioned the "lust" which could be experienced with the "divine monarch" (i.e. Frederick the Great) in Potsdam in a similar way as in "Athens and Sparta", and which he could enjoy so immensely that he would never again be allowed to. His homosexuality was recognized by his contemporaries, such as Goethe. In 1768, at the age of 50, he was murdered by a fellow guest at his hotel for reasons that remain unclear. Provided by Wikipedia
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Musterstücke aus Winckelmann's Werken nebst Goeth's Aufsatz über Winckelmann ... / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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The history of ancient art / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Reflections on the imitation of Greek works in painting and sculpture / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst. : Sendschreiben. Erläuterung / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Essays on the philosophy and history of art / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Monumenti antichi inediti / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Schriften zur antiken Baukunst : Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der alten Tempel zu Girgenti in Sicilien, Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der Alten, Fragment einer neuen Bearbeitung d... by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Winckelmanns Briefe an seine Züricher Freunde : nach den auf der Züricher Stadtbibliothek aufbewahrten Originalen in vermehrter und verbesserter Gestalt / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Ville e palazzi di Roma : Antiken in den römischen Sammlungen / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der Alten by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Nachrichten v. d. neuest. Herculanischen Entdeckungen by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Versuch einer Allegorie, besonders für die Kunst by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Briefe an Einen seiner vertraut. Freunde by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Werke by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Sämmtliche Werke by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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The history of ancient art : among the Greeks / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Versuch einer Allegorie, Dresden, 1766, and De l'allégorie, Paris, an VII (1799) / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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Kleine Schriften, Vorreden, Entwürfe / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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The history of ancient art / by Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768
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