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History of the art of antiquity / Johann Joachim Winckelmann ; introduction by Alex Potts ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Texts & documentsPublisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, 2006Description: xiv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0892366680
  • 9780892366682
Uniform titles:
  • Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.3 22
LOC classification:
  • N5330 .W7413 2006
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.
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"--Provided by publisher.
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Original text published: Dresden : in der Waltherischen Hof-Buchhandlung, 1764.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Translated from the German.

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