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Winckelmann's "Philosophy of Art" - A Prelude to German Classicism (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Winckelmann's "Philosophy of Art" - A Prelude to German Classicism (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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It is the aim of this work to examine the pivotal role of Johann
Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) as a judge of classical sculpture
and as a major contributor to German art criticism. John Harry
North seeks to identify the key features of his treatment of
classical beauty, particularly in his famous descriptions of
large-scale classical sculpture. Five case studies are offered to
demonstrate the academic classicism that formed the core of his
philosophy of art. North aims to establish Winckelmann's place in
the development of the German language. His prose contributed to a
literary style that was suitable for the expression of an emotional
response to visual experiences. His use of rhetoric in the
assessment of classical art, however, make his judgements
propagandist rather than analytical.The published works of
Winckelmann, his draft essays and his collected private
correspondence are advanced as criteria in the evaluation of his
impact on the development of German classicism that culminated in
the Weimar group of poets and writers. His Grecophile enthusiasm,
however, led him to introduce stylistic categories in the
development of classical marble sculpture that are no longer
regarded as truly reflecting the evolution of Greco-Roman art. Thus
his historicity and his classification of styles remain in doubt.
Winckelmann proposed that the training of modern artists should
concentrate on the observation and imitation of classical models
instead of looking to nature as the source of inspiration. This
plan succeeded to some extent in the generation that followed his
untimely death. Throughout the succeeding century, artists and
their sponsors did favour classical models and developed stylistic
classicism in European freestanding sculpture, in painting and in
architecture.
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