History of the Art of Antiquity Ages 0-3 and Caravaggio

and Caravaggio

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Matilde Battistini

Janet Burnett Grossman is associate curator of antiquities at the Getty Museum

History of the Art of Antiquity Ages 0-3 and CaravaggioJohann Joachim Winckelmann Introduction by Alex Potts Translation by Harry Francis Mallgrave In 1764, Johann Joachim Winckelmann published a key early instance of art historical thinkinghis Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, here translated into English for the first time. Dazzled by the sensuous and plastic beauty of recently excavated artifactscoins, engraved gems, vases, paintings, reliefs, and statuesWinckelmann synthesized the visual and