Winckelmann

[ ving-kuh l-mahn ]

/ ˈvɪŋ kəlˌmɑn /

Jo·hann Jo·a·chim

[yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/,1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.

Example sentences from the Web for winckelmann

A very beautiful object of this, is mistaken by Winckelmann.

Beauty |Alexander Walker
After supper, Winckelmann, who was as far gone as all the other male guests, played with Mengs's children.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Then Winckelmann and his successors triumphed over it for a while,—showed at least the crudity of that statement.

The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 |Various
The statue was seen by Winckelmann in the Verospi palace, but I have not been able to ascertain its present location.

Pagan and Christian Rome |Rodolfo Lanciani

The essay on Winckelmann which Goethe published about this time was a direct attack upon the Romanticists.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany |Georg Brandes

Winckelmann

/ (German ˈvɪŋkəlman) /

Johann Joachim (joˈhan ˈjoːaxɪm). 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian; one of the founders of neoclassicism