WorkJohann Joachim Winckelmann

Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums [History of the Art of Antiquity]

Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums [History of the Art of Antiquity] (1764) Inferred

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768) · 1764

InferredDana mentions Winckelmann in connection with Goethe's 'impulse' from him; the specific work is the Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums (1764), Winckelmann's principal work and the standard reference on ancient art. Winckelmann named explicitly by Fuller (spelled 'Winkelmann'). Dana (reporting Washington Allston's view) calls Winckelmann 'a learned man but no true Kenner' — an art connoisseur.

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Documented 1836

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Journal December 1836

p13–14

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“When I mentioned G. as having received impulse from Winkelmann, Mr D. said that our Artist thought no better of Winkelman. He thought him a learned man but no true Kenner.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal December 1836." Houghton Library, Harvard University; MS Am 1086; Box 3.

Inferred Dana mentions Winckelmann in connection with Goethe's 'impulse' from him; the specific work is the Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums (1764), Winckelmann's principal work and the standard reference on ancient art. Winckelmann named explicitly by Fuller (spelled 'Winkelmann'). Dana (reporting Washington Allston's view) calls Winckelmann 'a learned man but no true Kenner' — an art connoisseur.