Friday 31 July 2009

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768)

This man is my hero tonight, as I sit battling ancient history notes in a fluffy dressing gown and silly hat, for several reasons in addition to this shared experience:
  1. The padre of modern archaeology and art history who "showed that it was possible to understand ancient cultures through their artefacts, and introduced order, system and knowledge into archaeology". What about Karl Weber? What ABOUT Karl Weber? He had his moments sure, but lots of the Pompeii stuff under Weber was messy and damaging anyway and JJ was cuter.

  2. Also totally queer.

  3. And Prussian!

You go Johann Joachim Winckelmann.

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