Johann Joachim Winckelmann

(1717-1768)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768 LBT ID: JoWinck1768 VIAF ID: 64019631 LOC ID: n50015795	B/BAP: 1717-12-09 DIED: 1768-06-08
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German historian who popularized the study of Greek culture and art; he published History of Ancient Art (1764).
REFERENCES TO Johann Joachim Winckelmann: [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Byron’s Letters and Journals” in The Southern Review 7 (May 1831) 1-42 Found 2: ¶ 33 ¶ n2 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 2