Ancient art and its remains, or, A manual of the archaeology of art / By C.O. Müller.

  • Karl Otfried Müller
Date:
1852
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    38. III. The scientific, 1750—. This age enjoyed the ad- vantage of the greatest external aids, to which belonged the excavation of the buried cities skirting Vesuvius, a more accurate knowledge of the architectural monuments and lo- calities of Greece, and the discovery and acquisition of most important sculptures from Grecian temples; moreover, a more widely-extended knowledge of Egypt and the East, and— latest of all—the unexpectedly great discovery of Etruscan tombs. On the other hand, we are indebted to this period for the design of a history of ancient art which emanated from the great mind of Winckelmann; as well as numerous attempts to investigate more deeply the art of the Greeks both philosophically and historically; and also a more circum- spect explanation of art, and built on more accurate bases. 1 The excavation of Herculaneum begun in 1711, but not recom- menced tm 1736.-Stuart (1751, at Athens) and Revett's Antiquities of Athens, the first vol. Lond. 1762. Undertakings of the Society of Dilettanti founded in 1734 (Ionian antiquities 1769-97. Uned. Antiq. of Attica 1817). Investigations of English, French, and other travel- lers- Chandler, Choiseul-Gouffier, Cockerell, Sir W. Gell, Leake, Dodwell, PouqueviUe, von Stackelberg, Bronsted; the French expedition to the Morea.-Discovery in ^gina in 1811, at Phigalia in 1812 Acquisition of the Elgin coUection (1801) for the British Museum I816.-The Egyp- tian expedition 1798.—The sepulchres of Vulci 1828. 2 Winckelmann, born 1717, died 1768, went in 1755 from Dresden to Rome. Antiquario della camera apostohca. The Monumenti inediti 1767 form an epoch in arch^ological interpretation. The History of Art 1764 Principal edition of his works at Dresden 1808-20, 8 vols^(by Fernow, H. Meyer, Schulze, SiebeHs). Notes by C. Fea [New ed. Dres- den 2 vols. 4to. 1829-1847].-Count Caylus, his contemporary, distin- guished for technical knowledge and taste, Racueil d'Antiq. Egyptiemxes Itrusques, Grecques et Romaines 1752-67, 7 vols. 4to. Lessing (1729-81) tried to reduce L peculiarities of Grecian art to precise notions, some- times one-sided : Laocoon, or on the Limits of Painting and Poe ry, 1766. Zne a729-1812) completed Winckelmann's work, especiaUy m the Solog cal department (Antiquar. Abhandl.; Comment. Soc. Gott.; Ssc Academ.) and made archaeology, after attempts by Christ (died S a sublec of philological instruction. Akad. Vorlesungen ueber dL AioVder Kuist. Braunschweig 1822. Emno Quirmo Visconti a learned and tasteful illustrator of art, especially in the Museum Pio Clem His kbours in France and England. Publication of his works at MUan 1818-19 Minor works collected and pubUshed by Labus Zoega, Swshed for depth and solidity. Bassirilievi Antichi. 1807, sqq M SwrSngs invaluable for the diffusion of a knowledge of works of S^nd for popularizing ^p^K^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^'y' r ^'^t^ Sitlct™Welcker's, MilUngen s and ^^^^ ^2^^.