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Winckelmann (other)
Winckelmann may refer to: People * George Winckelmann (1884–1962), Finnish lawyer and a diplomat * Hans Winckelmann (1881–1943), German operatic tenor and director * Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), German art historian and archaeologist * Johann Just Winckelmann (1620–1699), German writer and historian * Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670–1720), German astronomer Other uses * 11847 Winckelmann, a minor planet * ''Portrait of Winckelmann'', a 1764 painting of Johann Joachim Winckelmann by Angelica Kauffmann See also * Winkelmann, a surname * Winkleman, a surname {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Winckelmann
George Arvid Winckelmann (24 August 1884 Oulu – 15 November 1962 Helsinki) was a Finnish lawyer and a diplomat. Winckelmann's parents were bank manager consul Henrik Winckelmann and Jenny Boström. He became a student from Lyseo Upper Secondary School, Oulu Lyceum in 1902 and studied at the University of Helsinki, completing a 1905 Master's degree and a 1906 jurisprudence. Winckelmann received the rank of Master Judge in 1910. Winckelmann served as the youngest legal adviser in Helsinki in 1912-1917 and in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland), Ministry of Foreign Affairs as First Secretary 1918 and as Head of Division 1922-1929. He served as Chargé d'Affaires in Tokyo from 1930 to 1933 and in Madrid and Lisbon since 1933. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Winckelmann was in Lisbon. He was then an Envoy in Madrid from 1940 to 1945 and was then in non-active status in Finland since 1945. He retired in 1947. Winckelmann was also secretary of the church administration o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Winckelmann
Johannes Gustav "Hans" Winckelmann (14 September 1881 – 9 October 1943) was a German operatic tenor and opera director. Life Born in Hamburg, the son of Wagner singer Hermann Winkelmann, whose grandfather was Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann, founder of the Braunschweig piano factory . Other ancestors included Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Hans was trained by his father to play Wagnerian tenor and studied in Vienna, where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy. He began his career as a singer at the Vienna Volksoper and then became first tenor at the Prague Opera, later in Schwerin. In his Schwerin period he made three films in Berlin in 1921 and 1922 and finally in Hanover, where he also directed about six operas a year with Rudolf Krasselt. Until his death in 1943 or only until his removal from office by the Nazis he was head conductor at the opera house in Hannover. He also wrote a book with the title ''Der Opernspieler''. (Leipzig: Beck 1940). He made a first marriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Johann Joachim Winckelmann ( ; ; 9 December 17178 June 1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenism (neoclassicism), Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Ancient Greek art, Greek, Hellenistic art, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology",#Boorstin, Boorstin, 584 Winckelmann was one of the founders of scientific archaeology and first applied the categories of style on a large, systematic basis to the history of art. Many consider him the father of the discipline of art history. He was one of the first to separate Greek Art into periods, and time classifications. He had a decisive influence on the rise of the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical movement during the late 18th century. His writings influenced not only a new science of archaeology and art history but Western painting, sculpture, literature and even philosophy. Winckelmann's ''History of Ancient Art'' (1764) was one of the first bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Just Winckelmann
Johann Just Winckelmann, also Johann Justus Winckelmann (19 August 1620 – 3 July 1699) was a German writer, historian and mnemonist. Under his pseudonym Stanislaus Mink von Weunßhein (also Wenusheim, Winusheim) he is known for having introduced a mnemonic system, the Major System (also called phonetic system or phonetic mnemonic system), used for memorizing numbers. Life Johann Just Winckelmann was born in Gießen in 1620, the youngest of the known sons of the theologian . His mother was his father's fourth wife, and by the time of his birth his father was nearly 70. After his father died, in 1626, his mother sent him away to live with relatives near Butzbach, where he was provided with a classical schooling. He was moved in 1633 to Marburg: here he attended the Pädagogium (school) and then moved on to the University. His studies embraced Theology, Philosophy, Jurisprudence and Historical method. He also attended the lectures of Johann Balthasar Schupp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Margarethe Winckelmann
Maria Margaretha Kirch (''née'' Winckelmann, in historic sources named Maria Margaretha Kirchin; 25 February 1670 – 29 December 1720) was a German people, German astronomer. She was one of the first famous astronomers of her period due to her writing on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter in 1709 and 1712 respectively. Early life Maria was educated from an early age by her father, a Lutheran minister (Christianity), minister, who believed that she deserved an education equivalent to that given to young boys. By the age of 13 she had lost both her father and mother. By that time, she had also received a general education from her brother-in-law Justinus Toellner and the well-known self taught astronomer Christoph Arnold, who lived nearby in the town of Sommerfeld and was credited with being the first to discover a passing comet. She became Arnold's unofficial apprentice and later his assistant, living with him and his family. Astronomy was not organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Winckelmann
''Portrait of Winckelmann'' is an oil on canvas painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kauffmann, from 1764. It was produced in Rome and represents the famous archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, whose work greatly contributed to the revival of classical studies and the change in style from rococo to neoclassicism. It is signed at the lower right by the artist and is now in the Kunsthaus Zürich. Description The painting depicts Winckelmann seated at his work table, with a pen in his right hand. Both his hands rest on an open book, who is placed on a flat antique bas-relief representing the Three Graces. The bas-relief itself is placed on a red fabric. Kauffmann demonstrates great mastery through this painting. It is composed in the two complementary colors, green and red. The gradient of green tones ranging from verdigris to olive on the background and on the clothing, complements the red fabric under the bas-relief. Touches of white seem to light up the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winkelmann
Winkelmann or Winkelman is a German and Jewish surname that referred to someone who either lived at a corner or owned a shop there. Notable people with the surname include: * Anton Winkelmann (born 2003), German canoeist * Christian Herman Winkelmann, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita (1939–1946) * Eduard Winkelmann (1838–1896), German historian * Helen Winkelmann (born 1962), current chief justice of New Zealand * Hermann Winkelmann (1849–1912), German heldentenor * Johann Just Winkelmann (1620–1699) * Maria Margarethe Winckelmann (1670–1720), German astronomer known as Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) * Stephan Winkelmann (b. 1964), CEO of Lamborghini * A fictional child character in the 1971 film: ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' * Babe Winkelman, American professional fisherman * Bobby Winkelman, American guitarist * Brett Winkelman (b. 1986), American basketball player * Henri Winkelman (1876–1952), Dutch General * Jane Wink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
