History of the art of antiquity
By: Johann Joachim Winckelmann ; introduction by Alex Potts ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave.
Contributors: Potts, Alex.
Series: Texts & documents
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780892366682
Subjects: Art, Ancient -- History; Art, Greek
Work titles: Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums.
Description: "Published in 1764 to wide acclaim, Johann Joachim Winckelmann's History of the Art of Antiquity transformed the study of art and its history. Erudite, systematic, historically grounded, and aesthetically inspired, this work by one of art history's founding fathers argued the unique importance of Greek ideals for the modern world, awakening a passion for the classical past that still enlivens the Western cultural imagination."--Book jacket.
Notes: Original text published: Dresden : in der Waltherischen Hof-Buchhandlung, 1764.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the German.