Download or read book The History of Ancient Art Vol. 1 and 2 written by John Winckelmann and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), a German art historian and archaeologist, was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. Many consider him the father of the discipline of art history. This volume is the first in a two-volume set.