Curating the Profane: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Neoclassical Art Historian and First Curator of a Public Profane Museum

Few contemporary visitors to public art museums consider the religious oddity of most such collections at their inception. From the so-called Elgin Marbles in the British Museum, to the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre, and the Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön Group in the Vatican Museums, cla...

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Main Author: Ruprecht, Louis A. 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2022
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 176-217
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Winckelmann, Johann Joachim 1717-1768 / Albani, Alessandro 1692-1779 / Vatikanstadt / Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Museo Profano / Founding / The Profane / Religious art / Aesthetics / History 1767-1818
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBJ Italy
KDB Roman Catholic Church
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