TY - BOOK ID - 77920959 TI - Winckelmann's 'Philosophy of Art' PY - 2012 SN - 1443845884 9781443845885 9781443840040 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Cambridge Scholars Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Art criticism KW - Art KW - Beautiful, The KW - Beauty KW - Aesthetics KW - Art and philosophy KW - Arts KW - Criticism KW - History KW - Philosophy. KW - Analysis, interpretation, appreciation KW - Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, KW - Winkelmann, M. KW - Winckelmann, Johann Jacob KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Influence. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77920959 AB - 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 Winckelm... ER -