Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (died 1768)

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian (1717–1768)

Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", Winckelmann was one of the founders of…