Dictionary of Art Historians

Heyne, Christian Gottlob

Full Name
Heyne, Christian Gottlob
Other Names
Christian Gottlob Heyne
Gender
male
Date Born
1729
Date Died
1812
Place Born
Chemnitz, Germany
Place Died
Göttingen, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
ancient
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Classical
Greek sculpture styles
Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)
Roman sculpture styles
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