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Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Author 1717–1768

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About Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)

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Aesthetics Art Creativity History Learning Success Tradition

In their words

“The only way for us to become great, and even, if it is possible, inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.”

“The only way for us to become great, and indeed—if this is possible—inimitable, is by imitating the ancients.”