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Winckelmann [ving-kuh l-mahn] Examples noun
- Jo·hann Jo·a·chim [yoh-hahn yoh-ah-khim] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm/, 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian.
Examples from the Web for winckelmann Historical Examples of winckelmann
Winckelmann presented me to his eminence, who was nearly blind.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Winckelmann called it back to simplicity, to self-restraint, to ideality.
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It was his ideal to become the “Winckelmann of Greek Literature.”
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson
How could Lessing and Winckelmann benefit by the German culture of their time?
On the Future of our Educational Institutions
Friedrich Nietzsche
Rycquius was the first to make the mistake, and Winckelmann followed Rycquius.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2
George Gordon Byron
British Dictionary definitions for winckelmann Winckelmann noun
- Johann Joachim (joˈhan ˈjoːaxɪm). 1717–68, German archaeologist and art historian; one of the founders of neoclassicism