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Heyne, Christian Gottlob

    Full Name: Heyne, Christian Gottlob

    Other Names:

    • Christian Gottlob Heyne

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1729

    Date Died: 1812

    Place Born: Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    Place Died: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Home Country/ies: Germany

    Subject Area(s): ancient, Ancient Greek (culture or style), Classical, Greek sculpture styles, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period), Roman sculpture styles, and sculpture (visual works)


    Overview

    Greek and Roman sculpture scholar, early professor of Archaeology and Ancient History at University of Göttingen. Heyne studied at the university in Leipzig where he heard courses by Johann Friedrich Christ. Heyne was a prominent critic of Johann Joachim Winckelmann.



    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 8-9




    Citation

    "Heyne, Christian Gottlob." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/heynec/.


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