Title: Winckelmann and the Vatican's first profane museum
Description: "Using the palace records from the Vatican's Secret Archives, Ruprecht demonstrates that the Vatican museum was the brainchild of J.J. Winckelmann, the so-called father of Art History. Tracing both Winckelmann's secret involvement in the emergence of modern art museums and modern art history and their emergence from within religious institutions, the author offers a new perspective on the relationship of religion and art in the modern world"--
Subjects: Art and religion, HISTORY / Social History, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Museo profano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, History, Winckelmann, johann joachim, 1717-1768, Art museums, Rome (italy), history
People: Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768)