Ideas of Johann Winckelmann, by Theme

[German, 1717 - 1768, Librarian. Classical scholar. A founder of both archaeology and art history.]

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
Art aims only at beauty, of form, of idea, and (above all) of expression [Tolstoy]