Essay on the philosophy and history of art
By: Johann Joachim Winckelmann ; with an introduction by Curtis Bowman
Contributors: Bowman, Curtis; Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.
Series: Continuum classic texts
Publisher: Continuum; Thoemmes; Brand: Thoemmes
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1392
Subjects: Art -- History -- Early works to 1800; Art -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800; Art, Ancient -- History; Art, Greek -- History
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Essays on the philosophy and history of art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Description of the torso in the Belvedere in Rome, Essay on the capacity for the sentiment for the beautiful in art, Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks; title: v. 2. The history of art (vols. I, II); title: v. 3. The history of ancient art (vols. III, IV)