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Who was Johann Joachim Winckelmann? |
German Art Historian who wrote History of Ancient Art (1764). |
Appraised the Classical arts highly |
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What did the book History of Ancient Art (1764) do to propell the movement? |
As a leading advocate of Neoclassicism, Winckelmann's book proposed that the ancients had already attained perfection, and so "the only way for modern artists to achieve greatness was to imitate the Greeks". |
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How did the Age of Enlightenment reignite the passion for all things classical? |
Philosophical return to classical thought |
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Who was Immanuel Kent? |
A German philosopher who created Kantism. He believed the enlightenment was man's insurgence from lack of intellect or immaturity. Knowledge of our limits enables us to ask fruitful, metaphysical questions. |
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