Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks, 1765 : [with 'Instructions for the connoisseur', and 'An essay on grace in works of art']

Publication Data

• Title Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks, 1765 : [with 'Instructions for the connoisseur', and 'An essay on grace in works of art']
• Alternative Title Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst
• Author J. J. Winckelmann
• Contributor Henry Fuseli
• Publisher Scolar Press
• Publication date 1972
• Publication location Menston
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Facsimile reprint of 1st ed. of this translation, London: Fusseli, 1765.

Contents

'...consists of Fusseli's translations of Winckelmann's "Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerei und Bildhauerkunst" (1756) and two essays in "Bibliotek d. schönen Wissenschaften u. Kunste" (1759). ' - Note.

Topics

• Art, Greek
• Sculpture
• England

Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks, 1765 : [with 'Instructions for the connoisseur', and 'An essay on grace in works of art'] by J. J. Winckelmann. ISBN 0854178244. Published by Scolar Press in 1972. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.