Winckelmann and the vatican's first profane museum
Auteur :
Ruprecht, L.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780230110694
Date de publication :
8 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Offers the first-ever historical descriptions of the foundation of the "Museo Profano" inside the Vatican in 1761. Using the palace records from the Vatican's Secret Archives, Ruprecht demonstrates that the Vatican museum was the brainchild of J.J. Winckelmann, the so-called father of Art History.