HISTORIAN

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

1717 - 1768

Photo of Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Icon of person Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (US: VINK-əl-mahn; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈjoːaxɪm ˈvɪŋkl̩man]; 9 December 1717 – 8 June 1768) was a German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. "The prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology", 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Joachim Winckelmann has received more than 635,082 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Johann Joachim Winckelmann is the 19th most popular historian, the 234th most popular biography from Germany (down from 201st in 2019) and the most popular German Historian.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann was a German art historian and archaeologist who is most famous for his writings on ancient Greek art.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 19 out of 561. Before him are Hecataeus of Miletus, Manetho, Thomas Kuhn, Mircea Eliade, William of Tyre, and Cassius Dio. After him are Arnold J. Toynbee, Leopold von Ranke, Procopius, Ibn Kathir, Fernand Braudel, and Arrian.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 5. Before him are Maria Theresa, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Pope Pius VI, and Mustafa III. After him are Peter III of Portugal, Johann Stamitz, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Marie Anne de Mailly, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Horace Walpole, and David Garrick. Among people deceased in 1768, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 3. Before him are Marie Leszczyńska, and Canaletto. After him are Laurence Sterne, Nicola Porpora, Georg Brandt, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

Others Born in 1717

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1768

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 234 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Pachelbel (1653), Johannes Stark (1874), Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), Max Scheler (1874), and Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838). After him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Georgius Agricola (1494), Erich Hartmann (1922), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), and Paul Heyse (1830).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Johann Joachim Winckelmann ranks 1. After him are Leopold von Ranke (1795), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Adam of Bremen (1100), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Erwin Panofsky (1892), Aby Warburg (1866), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Erich Auerbach (1892), Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Christoph Cellarius (1638), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876).

German born Historians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous