‘Introduction. Le mythe winckelmannien’ and ‘Première partie. Le culte du livre’ from Johann Joachim Winckelmann: Enquête sur la genèse de l'histoire de l'art

For his friends and for himself, Winckelmann likes to divide his life in two quite distinct periods: the German one at first, which unfolds in dark libraries, and then the Italian one, lived in the light of Rome’s art collections. In this construct, the Italian phase stands in contrast to the German...

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Main Author: Elisabeth Décultot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_152495_en.pdf