History of the art of antiquity / Johann Joachim Winckelmann ; introduction by Alex Potts ; translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave.
Alternate Title(s):
Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums. English
Published / Created:
Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute, 2006.
Physical Description:
xiv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Table of contents
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Original text published: Dresden : in der Waltherischen Hof-Buchhandlung, 1764.
Contents:
History of the art of antiquity -- Legends for the engravings -- Engravings -- I: Investigation of art with regard to its essence -- 1. Origin of art and reasons for its diversity among peoples -- 2. Art of the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians -- 3. Art of the Etruscans and their neighbors -- 4. Art of the Greeks -- 5. Art of the Romans -- II: History of the art of antiquity with regard to the external circumstances of the time among the Greeks.