Johann Winckelmann - The Love of Art [Der erotische Blick - Johann Winckelmann]

Release Year
2018
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Christel Fomm
Robert Wiezorek
Christian Feyerabend
Johann Winckelmann - The Love of Art

He described his love of art as his greatest inclination from his youth: Johann Joachim Winckelmann as a representative and rediscoverer of Greek and Roman antiquity. He was the father of European art history and was the victim of a robbery-murder in 1768. The documentary tells of his life, his work and his early death.

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