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|caption = Lithography by Heinrich Wilhelm Teichgräber, 1839. 11 x 13 cm.
 
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[[Image:Follin_Bartolomeo_c1780_Winckelmann.jpg|thumb|258px|Engraving by Bartolomeo Follin, c1780. 15 x 10 cm.]]
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'''Johann Joachim Winckelmann''' (1717–1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art.
 
'''Johann Joachim Winckelmann''' (1717–1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art.
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
(in German unless noted)
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(in German unless noted otherwise)
 
* "Gedanken vom mündlichen Vortrag" [1754], in Winckelmann, ''Werke, Bd. 2'', Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1847, pp 311-314.
 
* "Gedanken vom mündlichen Vortrag" [1754], in Winckelmann, ''Werke, Bd. 2'', Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1847, pp 311-314.
[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Gedanken_ueber_die_Nachahmung_der_griechischen_Werke_1756.jpg|thumb|258px|''Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst'', 2nd ed., 1756. [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1756 View].]]
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[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Gedanken_ueber_die_Nachahmung_der_griechischen_Werke_1756.jpg|thumb|350px|''Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst'', 2nd ed., 1756. [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1756 View].]]
 
* ''Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst'', 1755; [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1756 2nd ed.], Dresden and Leipzig: Walther, 1756; [http://archive.org/details/gedankenberdie00wincuoft repr.] Stuttgart: G.J. Goeschensche, 1885; Stuttgart: Reclam, 1986. First edition of only 50 copies. Another two essays, "Sendschreiben über die Gedanken.." and "Erläuterung der Gedanken..", are included in the volume since its second edition, the former being a counter-attack on the work, the latter a response to it; both authored by Winckelmann. [http://archive.org/details/gedankenuberdie00winc] [http://google.com/books?id=4LM-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover]  
 
* ''Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst'', 1755; [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1756 2nd ed.], Dresden and Leipzig: Walther, 1756; [http://archive.org/details/gedankenberdie00wincuoft repr.] Stuttgart: G.J. Goeschensche, 1885; Stuttgart: Reclam, 1986. First edition of only 50 copies. Another two essays, "Sendschreiben über die Gedanken.." and "Erläuterung der Gedanken..", are included in the volume since its second edition, the former being a counter-attack on the work, the latter a response to it; both authored by Winckelmann. [http://archive.org/details/gedankenuberdie00winc] [http://google.com/books?id=4LM-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover]  
 
** [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/n11/mode/2up "On the Imitation of the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks"], [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/64/mode/2up "A Letter Containing Objections Against the Foregoing Reflections"] and [https://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/142/mode/2up "An Answer to the Foregoing Letter and a further Explication of the Subject"], in Winckelmann, ''Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art'', trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 1-64, 65-126 and 143-247; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. {{en}}
 
** [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/n11/mode/2up "On the Imitation of the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks"], [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/64/mode/2up "A Letter Containing Objections Against the Foregoing Reflections"] and [https://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/142/mode/2up "An Answer to the Foregoing Letter and a further Explication of the Subject"], in Winckelmann, ''Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art'', trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 1-64, 65-126 and 143-247; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. {{en}}
 
** ''Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture'', trans. Elfriede Heyer and Roger C. Norton, Open Court, 1986, 100 pages. {{en}} [http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1134364W]
 
** ''Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture'', trans. Elfriede Heyer and Roger C. Norton, Open Court, 1986, 100 pages. {{en}} [http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1134364W]
 
** "Ajatuksia kreikkalaisten teosten jäljittelystä maalaustaiteessa ja kuvanveistossa", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
 
** "Ajatuksia kreikkalaisten teosten jäljittelystä maalaustaiteessa ja kuvanveistossa", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
** ''Réflexions sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques dans la sculpture et la peinture'', trans. Marianne Charrière, Paris: Jacqueline Chambon, 1998, 157 pp. (in French)
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** ''Réflexions sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques dans la sculpture et la peinture'', trans. Marianne Charrière, Paris: Jacqueline Chambon, 1998, 157 pp. {{fr}}
** ''Pensées sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques en peinture et en sculpture'', trans. Laure Cahen-Maurel, Paris: Allia, 2005. (in French)
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** ''Pensées sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques en peinture et en sculpture'', trans. Laure Cahen-Maurel, Paris: Allia, 2005. {{fr}}
 
** "Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", "Open Letter on Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture" and "Explanation of Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", in ''Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology'', trans. David Carter, Camden House, 2013, pp 31-55, 57-80 and 81-114. {{en}} [http://books.google.com/books?id=aiwuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13]
 
** "Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", "Open Letter on Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture" and "Explanation of Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", in ''Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology'', trans. David Carter, Camden House, 2013, pp 31-55, 57-80 and 81-114. {{en}} [http://books.google.com/books?id=aiwuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13]
 
* ''Reifere Gedanken über die Nachahmung'' [c1756], 1811.
 
* ''Reifere Gedanken über die Nachahmung'' [c1756], 1811.
 
* [http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/cgi-bin/neubutton.cgi?pfad=/diglib/aufkl/bibschoewiss/130592&seite=00000006.TIF "Erinnerung über die Betrachtung der Werke der Kunst"], [http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/cgi-bin/neubutton.cgi?pfad=/diglib/aufkl/bibschoewiss/130592&seite=00000018.TIF "Von der Grazie in Werken der Kunst"], in ''Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaten und der freyen Künste'' 5:1 (1759), Leipzig: Dyck, pp 1-13, 13-23.
 
* [http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/cgi-bin/neubutton.cgi?pfad=/diglib/aufkl/bibschoewiss/130592&seite=00000006.TIF "Erinnerung über die Betrachtung der Werke der Kunst"], [http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/cgi-bin/neubutton.cgi?pfad=/diglib/aufkl/bibschoewiss/130592&seite=00000018.TIF "Von der Grazie in Werken der Kunst"], in ''Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaten und der freyen Künste'' 5:1 (1759), Leipzig: Dyck, pp 1-13, 13-23.
 
** [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/248/mode/2up "Instructions for the Connoisseur"], [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/270/mode/2up "On Grace"], in Winckelmann, ''Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art'', trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 249-270, 271-287; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. {{en}}
 
** [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/248/mode/2up "Instructions for the Connoisseur"], [http://archive.org/stream/reflectionsonpai00winc#page/270/mode/2up "On Grace"], in Winckelmann, ''Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art'', trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 249-270, 271-287; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. {{en}}
* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_descriptiond00winc Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch]'', Florence: Bonducci, 1760. (in French). On precious stones in the collection of Heinrich Wilhelm Muzell-Stosch who invited Winckelmann to Florence to draw up its catalogue, with the aim of selling it, after his uncle, the Baron von Stosch died; Winckelmann spent in Florence the period from September 1758 till August 1759.
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_descriptiond00winc Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch]'', Florence: Bonducci, 1760. {{fr}}. On precious stones in the collection of Heinrich Wilhelm Muzell-Stosch who invited Winckelmann to Florence to draw up its catalogue, with the aim of selling it, after his uncle, the Baron von Stosch died; Winckelmann spent in Florence the period from September 1758 till August 1759.
 
* ''[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10222132_00005.html Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der Alten]'', Leipzig: Dyck, 1762. [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/Tei-Viewer/cgi-bin/teiviewer.php?manifest=BOOK-ZID862057]
 
* ''[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10222132_00005.html Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der Alten]'', Leipzig: Dyck, 1762. [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/Tei-Viewer/cgi-bin/teiviewer.php?manifest=BOOK-ZID862057]
** ''[http://archive.org/details/remarquessurlarc00winc Remarques sur l'architecture des anciens]'', trans. Hendrik Jansen, Paris: Barrois, 1783. (in French)
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** ''[http://archive.org/details/remarquessurlarc00winc Remarques sur l'architecture des anciens]'', trans. Hendrik Jansen, Paris: Barrois, 1783. {{fr}}
 
** "Remarks on the Architecture of the Ancients", in Winckelmann, ''Writings on Art'', 1972. {{en}}
 
** "Remarks on the Architecture of the Ancients", in Winckelmann, ''Writings on Art'', 1972. {{en}}
 
** "Huomautuksia antiikin rakennustaiteesta", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
 
** "Huomautuksia antiikin rakennustaiteesta", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
 
* ''[http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1762a/0001/image?sid=976a9244df0ff82562c8b637910e1e14 Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen]'', Dresden: Walther, 1762. [http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwincke00c2wi] [http://archive.org/stream/gri_johannwincke00winc]. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to the Count von Brühl in Dresden.
 
* ''[http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/winckelmann1762a/0001/image?sid=976a9244df0ff82562c8b637910e1e14 Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen]'', Dresden: Walther, 1762. [http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwincke00c2wi] [http://archive.org/stream/gri_johannwincke00winc]. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to the Count von Brühl in Dresden.
** ''[http://archive.org/details/lettredemlabbewi00winciala Lettre de M. l'abbé Winckelmann, antiquaire de Sa Sainteté, a monsieur le comte de Brühl]'', Paris: Tilliard, 1764. (in French)
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** ''[http://archive.org/details/lettredemlabbewi00winciala Lettre de M. l'abbé Winckelmann, antiquaire de Sa Sainteté, a monsieur le comte de Brühl]'', Paris: Tilliard, 1764. {{fr}}
 
** ''Critical Account of the Situation and Destruction by the First Eruptions of Mount Vesuvius of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia'', London, 1771. {{en}}
 
** ''Critical Account of the Situation and Destruction by the First Eruptions of Mount Vesuvius of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia'', London, 1771. {{en}}
 
** "Letter on the Herculanean Discoveries", in Winckelmann, ''Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum'', trans. Carrol C. Mattusch, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. [http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-03-21.html Review], [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8850756&fileId=S0009840X12003241 Review].
 
** "Letter on the Herculanean Discoveries", in Winckelmann, ''Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum'', trans. Carrol C. Mattusch, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. [http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-03-21.html Review], [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8850756&fileId=S0009840X12003241 Review].
 
* ''[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10913738_00004.html Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst und dem Unterrichte in derselben]'', Dresden: Walther, 1763; [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/30730/5/cache.off repr.], Dresden: Walther, 1771.
 
* ''[http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10913738_00004.html Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst und dem Unterrichte in derselben]'', Dresden: Walther, 1763; [http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/30730/5/cache.off repr.], Dresden: Walther, 1771.
** [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84160q/f241.image "Des réflexions sur le sentiment du beau dans les ouvrages de l’art et sur les moyens de l’acquérir"], in Winckelmann, ''Recueil de différentes pièces sur les arts'', Paris: Barrois, 1786, pp 233-282; Adamant Media, 2001. (in French) [http://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page:Winkelmann_-_Recueil_de_differentes_pieces_sur_les_arts,_1786.djvu/241&action=edit&redlink=1]
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** [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84160q/f241.image "Des réflexions sur le sentiment du beau dans les ouvrages de l’art et sur les moyens de l’acquérir"], in Winckelmann, ''Recueil de différentes pièces sur les arts'', Paris: Barrois, 1786, pp 233-282; Adamant Media, 2001. {{fr}} [http://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page:Winkelmann_-_Recueil_de_differentes_pieces_sur_les_arts,_1786.djvu/241&action=edit&redlink=1]
 
** [[Media:Winckelmann_Johann_Joachim_1763_1986_Pojednani_o_schopnosti_vnimat_krasno_v_umeni_a_jejim_vzdelavani.pdf|"Pojednání o schopnosti vnímat krásno v umění a jejím vzdělávání"]], trans. Jiří Stromšík, in Winckelmann, ''Dějiny umění starověku. Stati'', Prague: Odeon, 1986, pp 344-358. {{cz}}
 
** [[Media:Winckelmann_Johann_Joachim_1763_1986_Pojednani_o_schopnosti_vnimat_krasno_v_umeni_a_jejim_vzdelavani.pdf|"Pojednání o schopnosti vnímat krásno v umění a jejím vzdělávání"]], trans. Jiří Stromšík, in Winckelmann, ''Dějiny umění starověku. Stati'', Prague: Odeon, 1986, pp 344-358. {{cz}}
 
** "Mitä on kauneus taiteessa ja miten opettaa kokemaan sitä", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
 
** "Mitä on kauneus taiteessa ja miten opettaa kokemaan sitä", in Winckelmann, ''Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta'', trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. {{fi}}
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/nachrichtenvonde00winc Nachrichten von den neuesten Herculanischen Entdeckungen]'', Dresden: Walther, 1764. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to J.H. Fuessli in Zürich.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/nachrichtenvonde00winc Nachrichten von den neuesten Herculanischen Entdeckungen]'', Dresden: Walther, 1764. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to J.H. Fuessli in Zürich.
 
** "Report on the Latest Discoveries at Herculaneum", in Winckelmann, ''Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum'', trans. Carrol C. Mattusch, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. First English translation. [http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-03-21.html Review], [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8850756&fileId=S0009840X12003241 Review].
 
** "Report on the Latest Discoveries at Herculaneum", in Winckelmann, ''Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum'', trans. Carrol C. Mattusch, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. First English translation. [http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-03-21.html Review], [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8850756&fileId=S0009840X12003241 Review].
[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Alterthums_1.jpg|thumb|258px|''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 1'', 1764. [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte01_1764?p=1 View].]]
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[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Alterthums_1.jpg|thumb|350px|''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 1'', 1764. [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte01_1764?p=1 View].]]
[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Alterthums_2.jpg|thumb|258px|''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 2'', 1764. [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764?p=1 View].]]
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[[Image:Winckelmann_JJ_Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Alterthums_2.jpg|thumb|350px|''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 2'', 1764. [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764?p=1 View].]]
 
* ''[http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte01_1764?p=1 Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, Band 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/johannwinckelman00winc], ''[http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764?p=1 Band 2]'', Dresden: Walther, 1764; [http://www.mathematik.hu-berlin.de/~mrw/Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Altertums.pdf repr.], ed. Wilhelm Senff, Weimar: H. Böhlaus, 1964. New ed. ''[http://archive.org/details/johannwinkelmann01winc Band 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwinkel01c2wi], ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwinkel02winc Band 2]'' [http://archive.org/details/johannwinkelmann02winc], Vienna: Akademischer Verlag, 1776; [http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10997444_00007.html repr.] Berlin: Heimann, 1870; Vienna: Phaidon, 1934; Berlin: Safari, 1942; Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1993.
 
* ''[http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte01_1764?p=1 Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, Band 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/johannwinckelman00winc], ''[http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764?p=1 Band 2]'', Dresden: Walther, 1764; [http://www.mathematik.hu-berlin.de/~mrw/Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Altertums.pdf repr.], ed. Wilhelm Senff, Weimar: H. Böhlaus, 1964. New ed. ''[http://archive.org/details/johannwinkelmann01winc Band 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwinkel01c2wi], ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_johannwinkel02winc Band 2]'' [http://archive.org/details/johannwinkelmann02winc], Vienna: Akademischer Verlag, 1776; [http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10997444_00007.html repr.] Berlin: Heimann, 1870; Vienna: Phaidon, 1934; Berlin: Safari, 1942; Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1993.
** ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartch01winc Histoire de l'art chez les Anciens, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartch02winc Tome 2]'', trans. Gottfried Sellius, Amsterdam: Harrevelt, 1766. (in French)
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** ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartch01winc Histoire de l'art chez les Anciens, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartch02winc Tome 2]'', trans. Gottfried Sellius, Amsterdam: Harrevelt, 1766. {{fr}}
** ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde01winc Histoire de l'art de l'antiquité, Tome 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01bwin], ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde03winc Tome 2]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela03awin], ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde02winc Tome 3]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela02awin], trans. Michel Huber, Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1781; repr. as ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela0201wi Histoire de l'art chez les Anciens, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela0202wi Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela03winc Tome 3]'', trans. Michel Huber, Paris: Barrois & Savoye, 1789; rev. by Hendrik Jansen, ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01winc T 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01c2wi], ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela021win T 2]'', 1793; new ed., ''[http://archive.org/details/delartchezlesanc01winc T 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/delartchezlesanc02pt1winc T 2, Partie 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela02winc T 2, Partie 2]'', Paris: Gide, 1801-03. (in French)
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** ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde01winc Histoire de l'art de l'antiquité, Tome 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01bwin], ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde03winc Tome 2]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela03awin], ''[http://archive.org/details/histoiredelartde02winc Tome 3]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela02awin], trans. Michel Huber, Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1781; repr. as ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela0201wi Histoire de l'art chez les Anciens, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela0202wi Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela03winc Tome 3]'', trans. Michel Huber, Paris: Barrois & Savoye, 1789; rev. by Hendrik Jansen, ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01winc T 1]'' [http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela01c2wi], ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela021win T 2]'', 1793; new ed., ''[http://archive.org/details/delartchezlesanc01winc T 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/delartchezlesanc02pt1winc T 2, Partie 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_histoiredela02winc T 2, Partie 2]'', Paris: Gide, 1801-03. {{fr}}
 
** ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid01winc Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi, Tomo 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid02winc Tomo 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid03winc Tomo 3]'', trans. Carlo Fea, Rome: Pagliarini, 1783-84. {{it}}
 
** ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid01winc Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi, Tomo 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid02winc Tomo 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/storiadelleartid03winc Tomo 3]'', trans. Carlo Fea, Rome: Pagliarini, 1783-84. {{it}}
 
** ''The History of Ancient Art Among the Greeks'' [Vol. 2], trans. G. Henry Lodge, Boston: J. Munroe, 1849; [http://archive.org/details/ancientartgreeks00winc reprinted] London: John Chapman, 1850. Translation of both volumes as ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta01lodggoog The History of the Ancient Art, Vol. 1]'' (Book I-III), ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta02lodggoog Vol. 2]'' (Book IV-V), ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta00wincgoog Vol. 3]'' (Book VI-XII), trans. G. Henry Lodge, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872-73; 4 Vols, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1880; 4 Vols, London, 1881; Thoemmes Press, 2001. Of the 1776 German edition. {{en}}  
 
** ''The History of Ancient Art Among the Greeks'' [Vol. 2], trans. G. Henry Lodge, Boston: J. Munroe, 1849; [http://archive.org/details/ancientartgreeks00winc reprinted] London: John Chapman, 1850. Translation of both volumes as ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta01lodggoog The History of the Ancient Art, Vol. 1]'' (Book I-III), ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta02lodggoog Vol. 2]'' (Book IV-V), ''[http://archive.org/details/historyancienta00wincgoog Vol. 3]'' (Book VI-XII), trans. G. Henry Lodge, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872-73; 4 Vols, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1880; 4 Vols, London, 1881; Thoemmes Press, 2001. Of the 1776 German edition. {{en}}  
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** ''Storia dell'arte nell'antichità'', trans. Maria Ludovica Pampaloni, Milano: SE, 1990. {{it}}
 
** ''Storia dell'arte nell'antichità'', trans. Maria Ludovica Pampaloni, Milano: SE, 1990. {{it}}
 
** ''Historia del arte en la antiguedad'', Iberia, 2000; Folio, 2003. {{es}}
 
** ''Historia del arte en la antiguedad'', Iberia, 2000; Folio, 2003. {{es}}
** ''Histoire de l'art dans l'Antiquité'', trans. Dominique Tassel, Livre de Poche, 2005, 873 pp. (in French)
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** ''Histoire de l'art dans l'Antiquité'', trans. Dominique Tassel, Livre de Poche, 2005, 873 pp. {{fr}}
 
** ''History of the Art of Antiquity'', trans. Harry Mallgrave, Getty Research Institute, 2006, 446 pp. {{en}}. Of the 1764 German edition. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/88969881] [http://books.google.com/books?id=mbWo3EaeGPEC&printsec=frontcover]
 
** ''History of the Art of Antiquity'', trans. Harry Mallgrave, Getty Research Institute, 2006, 446 pp. {{en}}. Of the 1764 German edition. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/88969881] [http://books.google.com/books?id=mbWo3EaeGPEC&printsec=frontcover]
 
* ''Versuch einer Allegorie, besonders für die Kunst'', Dresden: Walther, 1766; [http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs2/object/display/bsb10522662_00007.html repr.], ed. Albert Dressel, Dresden: Mendelssohn, 1866. [http://google.com/books?id=wYdFAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover]
 
* ''Versuch einer Allegorie, besonders für die Kunst'', Dresden: Walther, 1766; [http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs2/object/display/bsb10522662_00007.html repr.], ed. Albert Dressel, Dresden: Mendelssohn, 1866. [http://google.com/books?id=wYdFAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover]
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/anmerkungenuber00winc Anmerkungen über die Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, I]'', ''II'', Dresden: Walther, 1767. [http://archive.org/details/anmerkungenberd00wincgoog]
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/anmerkungenuber00winc Anmerkungen über die Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, I]'', ''II'', Dresden: Walther, 1767. [http://archive.org/details/anmerkungenberd00wincgoog]
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi01winc Monumenti antichi inediti spiegati ed illustrati da Giovanni Winckelmann prefetto delle antichità di Roma, Vol 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi02winc Vol 2]'', Rome, self-published, 1767; 2nd ed., [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Winckelmann1821Vol1 Tomo 1], [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Winckelmann1821Vol2 Tomo 2], Rome: Carlo Mordacchini, 1821. {{it}}. Produced with the financial support of Cardinal Albani and others, with printing costs covered by Winckelmann.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi01winc Monumenti antichi inediti spiegati ed illustrati da Giovanni Winckelmann prefetto delle antichità di Roma, Vol 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi02winc Vol 2]'', Rome, self-published, 1767; 2nd ed., [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Winckelmann1821Vol1 Tomo 1], [http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/books/Winckelmann1821Vol2 Tomo 2], Rome: Carlo Mordacchini, 1821. {{it}}. Produced with the financial support of Cardinal Albani and others, with printing costs covered by Winckelmann.
** ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensined01winc Monumens inédits de l'antiquité statues, peintures antiques, pierres gravées, bas-reliefs de marbre et de terre cuite, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensined01winc Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensinedi03win Tome 3]'', trans. A.-F. Désodoards, Paris: L. Paravicin, 1808. (in French)
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** ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensined01winc Monumens inédits de l'antiquité statues, peintures antiques, pierres gravées, bas-reliefs de marbre et de terre cuite, Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensined01winc Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_monumensinedi03win Tome 3]'', trans. A.-F. Désodoards, Paris: L. Paravicin, 1808. {{fr}}
 
** ''[http://archive.org/details/altedenkmalerde00winc Alte Denkmäler der Kunst]'', trans. Friedrich Leopold Brunn, Berlin: Christian Gottfried Schöne, 1780; 2nd ed., [http://goobipr2.uni-weimar.de/viewer/image/PPN672192012/5/ Band 1], [http://goobipr2.uni-weimar.de/viewer/image/PPN672192691/1/LOG_0003/ Band 2], 1791-92; Berlin: Schöne, 1804.
 
** ''[http://archive.org/details/altedenkmalerde00winc Alte Denkmäler der Kunst]'', trans. Friedrich Leopold Brunn, Berlin: Christian Gottfried Schöne, 1780; 2nd ed., [http://goobipr2.uni-weimar.de/viewer/image/PPN672192012/5/ Band 1], [http://goobipr2.uni-weimar.de/viewer/image/PPN672192691/1/LOG_0003/ Band 2], 1791-92; Berlin: Schöne, 1804.
 
** ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/576def481abb229337b616e85b95376c#0.01 Winckelmann's Images from the Ancient World: Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian]'', ed. Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications, 2010, 176 pp. {{en}}  
 
** ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/576def481abb229337b616e85b95376c#0.01 Winckelmann's Images from the Ancient World: Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian]'', ed. Stanley Appelbaum, Dover Publications, 2010, 176 pp. {{en}}  
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/briefeseinefreun00winc Briefe an seine Freunde in der Schweiz]'', Zürich: Orell, Gessner und Füesslin, 1778.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/briefeseinefreun00winc Briefe an seine Freunde in der Schweiz]'', Zürich: Orell, Gessner und Füesslin, 1778.
 
* ''[http://google.com/books?id=YNoFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Briefe an Einen seiner vertrautesten Freunde in den Jahren 1756 bis 1768, Band 1]'', ''Band 2'', Berlin and Stettin, 1781.
 
* ''[http://google.com/books?id=YNoFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Briefe an Einen seiner vertrautesten Freunde in den Jahren 1756 bis 1768, Band 1]'', ''Band 2'', Berlin and Stettin, 1781.
* ''[http://archive.org/details/lettresfamiliere01winc Lettres familières, Partie 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/lettresfamiliere02winc Partie 2]'', Paris: Couturier, 1781; repr. ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin01winc Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin02winc Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin03winc Tome 3]'', Yverdon, 1784. (in French)
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* ''[http://archive.org/details/lettresfamiliere01winc Lettres familières, Partie 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/lettresfamiliere02winc Partie 2]'', Paris: Couturier, 1781; repr. ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin01winc Tome 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin02winc Tome 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/familieresdemwin03winc Tome 3]'', Yverdon, 1784. {{fr}}
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_winkelmannun00tubi Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert: In Briefen und Aufsätzen]'', ed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1805.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_winkelmannun00tubi Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert: In Briefen und Aufsätzen]'', ed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1805.
 
* ''Briefe an seine Züricher Freunde'', Freiburg and Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1882.
 
* ''Briefe an seine Züricher Freunde'', Freiburg and Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1882.
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==Collected writings==
 
==Collected writings==
* ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84160q Recueil de différentes pièces sur les arts]'', trans. Hendrik Jansen and Michael Huber, Paris: Barrois, 1786; Adamant Media, 2001, 306 pp. (in French). Selection from texts published between 1755 and 1769. [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Recueil_de_diff%C3%A9rentes_pi%C3%A8ces_sur_les_arts]
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* ''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84160q Recueil de différentes pièces sur les arts]'', trans. Hendrik Jansen and Michael Huber, Paris: Barrois, 1786; Adamant Media, 2001, 306 pp. {{fr}}. Selection from texts published between 1755 and 1769. [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Recueil_de_diff%C3%A9rentes_pi%C3%A8ces_sur_les_arts]
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_winkelmannun00tubi Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert: In Briefen und Aufsätzen]'', ed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1805.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/gri_winkelmannun00tubi Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert: In Briefen und Aufsätzen]'', ed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1805.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswerk01winc Werke, Bd. 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswerk02winc Bd. 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer02wincgoog Bd. 3]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer03wincgoog Bd. 4]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer01wincgoog Bd. 5]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer01unkngoog Bd. 6]'', ''Bd. 7'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer00wincgoog Bd. 8]'', ed. C.L. Fernow, Dresden: Walther, 1808-20.
 
* ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswerk01winc Werke, Bd. 1]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswerk02winc Bd. 2]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer02wincgoog Bd. 3]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer03wincgoog Bd. 4]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer01wincgoog Bd. 5]'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer01unkngoog Bd. 6]'', ''Bd. 7'', ''[http://archive.org/details/winckelmannswer00wincgoog Bd. 8]'', ed. C.L. Fernow, Dresden: Walther, 1808-20.
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==Selected passages==
 
==Selected passages==
[[Image:Laokoon_1830-34.jpg|thumb|258px|From ''Opere di Winckelmann'', 1830-34.]]
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[[Image:Laokoon_1830-34.jpg|thumb|350px|From ''Opere di Winckelmann'', 1830-34.]]
 
===on the Laocoön===
 
===on the Laocoön===
 
* [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764/?p=35 "II.E.a, Von der Statue des Laocoon"], in ''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, II'', Dresden: Walther, 1764, pp 347-350; repr. as [http://www.mathematik.hu-berlin.de/~mrw/Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Altertums.pdf#page=280 "Laokoon"], in ''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums'', Weimar: H. Böhlaus, 1964, p 276-278.
 
* [http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/winckelmann_kunstgeschichte02_1764/?p=35 "II.E.a, Von der Statue des Laocoon"], in ''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, II'', Dresden: Walther, 1764, pp 347-350; repr. as [http://www.mathematik.hu-berlin.de/~mrw/Geschichte_der_Kunst_des_Altertums.pdf#page=280 "Laokoon"], in ''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums'', Weimar: H. Böhlaus, 1964, p 276-278.
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* [http://winckelmann-institut.hu-berlin.de Winckelmann-Instituts der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin]
 
* [http://winckelmann-institut.hu-berlin.de Winckelmann-Instituts der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin]
  
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Lithography by Heinrich Wilhelm Teichgräber, 1839. 11 x 13 cm.
Born December 9, 1717(1717-12-09)
Stendal, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (today Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Died June 8, 1768(1768-06-08) (aged 50)
Trieste
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Engraving by Bartolomeo Follin, c1780. 15 x 10 cm.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art.

Works[edit]

(in German unless noted otherwise)

  • "Gedanken vom mündlichen Vortrag" [1754], in Winckelmann, Werke, Bd. 2, Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1847, pp 311-314.
Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst, 2nd ed., 1756. View.
  • Gedanken über die Nachahmung der griechischen Werke in der Malerey und Bildhauerkunst, 1755; 2nd ed., Dresden and Leipzig: Walther, 1756; repr. Stuttgart: G.J. Goeschensche, 1885; Stuttgart: Reclam, 1986. First edition of only 50 copies. Another two essays, "Sendschreiben über die Gedanken.." and "Erläuterung der Gedanken..", are included in the volume since its second edition, the former being a counter-attack on the work, the latter a response to it; both authored by Winckelmann. [1] [2]
    • "On the Imitation of the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks", "A Letter Containing Objections Against the Foregoing Reflections" and "An Answer to the Foregoing Letter and a further Explication of the Subject", in Winckelmann, Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art, trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 1-64, 65-126 and 143-247; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. (English)
    • Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture, trans. Elfriede Heyer and Roger C. Norton, Open Court, 1986, 100 pages. (English) [3]
    • "Ajatuksia kreikkalaisten teosten jäljittelystä maalaustaiteessa ja kuvanveistossa", in Winckelmann, Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta, trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. (Finnish)
    • Réflexions sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques dans la sculpture et la peinture, trans. Marianne Charrière, Paris: Jacqueline Chambon, 1998, 157 pp. (French)
    • Pensées sur l'imitation des œuvres grecques en peinture et en sculpture, trans. Laure Cahen-Maurel, Paris: Allia, 2005. (French)
    • "Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", "Open Letter on Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture" and "Explanation of Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and the Art of Sculpture", in Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology, trans. David Carter, Camden House, 2013, pp 31-55, 57-80 and 81-114. (English) [4]
  • Reifere Gedanken über die Nachahmung [c1756], 1811.
  • "Erinnerung über die Betrachtung der Werke der Kunst", "Von der Grazie in Werken der Kunst", in Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaten und der freyen Künste 5:1 (1759), Leipzig: Dyck, pp 1-13, 13-23.
    • "Instructions for the Connoisseur", "On Grace", in Winckelmann, Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks: with Instructions for the Connoisseur, and An Essay on Grace in Works of Art, trans. Henry Fuseli, London: Millar, 1765, pp 249-270, 271-287; 1767; London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. (English)
  • Description des pierres gravées du feu Baron de Stosch, Florence: Bonducci, 1760. (French). On precious stones in the collection of Heinrich Wilhelm Muzell-Stosch who invited Winckelmann to Florence to draw up its catalogue, with the aim of selling it, after his uncle, the Baron von Stosch died; Winckelmann spent in Florence the period from September 1758 till August 1759.
  • Anmerkungen über die Baukunst der Alten, Leipzig: Dyck, 1762. [5]
    • Remarques sur l'architecture des anciens, trans. Hendrik Jansen, Paris: Barrois, 1783. (French)
    • "Remarks on the Architecture of the Ancients", in Winckelmann, Writings on Art, 1972. (English)
    • "Huomautuksia antiikin rakennustaiteesta", in Winckelmann, Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta, trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. (Finnish)
  • Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen, Dresden: Walther, 1762. [6] [7]. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to the Count von Brühl in Dresden.
  • Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst und dem Unterrichte in derselben, Dresden: Walther, 1763; repr., Dresden: Walther, 1771.
    • "Des réflexions sur le sentiment du beau dans les ouvrages de l’art et sur les moyens de l’acquérir", in Winckelmann, Recueil de différentes pièces sur les arts, Paris: Barrois, 1786, pp 233-282; Adamant Media, 2001. (French) [8]
    • "Pojednání o schopnosti vnímat krásno v umění a jejím vzdělávání", trans. Jiří Stromšík, in Winckelmann, Dějiny umění starověku. Stati, Prague: Odeon, 1986, pp 344-358. (Czech)
    • "Mitä on kauneus taiteessa ja miten opettaa kokemaan sitä", in Winckelmann, Jalosta yksinkertaisuudesta, trans. Vesa Oittinen, Helsinki: Kuvataideakatemia, 1992. (Finnish)
    • "Essay on the Capacity for the Sentiment for the Beautiful in Art, and on Instruction in it", trans. Curtis Bowman, in Winckelmann, Essays on the Philosophy and History of Art, Vol. 1, Thoemmes Press, 2001, pp xix-xlvii. (English)
    • "Treatise on the Capacity for Sentiment to the Beautiful in Art and the Method of Teaching It", in Johann Joachim Winckelmann on Art, Architecture, and Archaeology, trans. David Carter, Camden House, 2013, pp 149-169. (English)
  • Nachrichten von den neuesten Herculanischen Entdeckungen, Dresden: Walther, 1764. Report from the excavations in the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii written in the form of a long letter to J.H. Fuessli in Zürich.
    • "Report on the Latest Discoveries at Herculaneum", in Winckelmann, Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum, trans. Carrol C. Mattusch, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. First English translation. Review, Review.
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 1, 1764. View.
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums, 2, 1764. View.
More works online

Letters[edit]

Collected writings[edit]

Selected passages[edit]

From Opere di Winckelmann, 1830-34.

on the Laocoön[edit]

on the Belvedere Torso[edit]

on the Apollo Belvedere[edit]

on the Meleager (Belvedere Antinous)[edit]

Biographies[edit]

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