Drawing and Winckelmann's taste for elegant simplicity
Smith, A.
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. Abstract/SummaryThis essay is an investigation of the contribution of the art of drawing to the commercial exploitation of an evolving taste for simplicity of design, at the end of the eighteenth century, and the consumption of drawings on Greek vases. In particular it investigates the influence of the pioneer art historian, Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768). It also considers the difference between the drawn lines of neoclassical artists and those of ancient vase painters whose work inspired them.
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