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Winckelmann

noun

German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768). Synonyms: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann.

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... his children marry well and suitably? marry in any case. It was the duty of every worthy citizen to keep alive throughout the ages the sacred hearth fire, to rear up sturdy lads and honest lassies that would serve God, and the Fatherland. A true son of Saxon soil was the Herr Pastor Winckelmann—kindly, ...

— The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl • Jerome K. Jerome

... sceptical, was not unsympathetic. As a boy he came under the influence of Keble, and at one time thought of taking orders, but his gradual change of view led him to relinquish the idea. Among his works may be mentioned an article on Coleridge, and others on Winckelmann, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, etc., which were coll. and pub. as Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873); Appreciations (1889) contained his great essays on AEsthetic Poetry and Style, various Shakespearian ...

— A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin

Words linked to "Winckelmann" : Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann, art historian, archaeologist, archeologist