Winckelmann and the Vatican's First Profane Museum. Ruprecht 9780230110694**

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Winckelmann and the Vaticans First Profane Museum\nby Louis A. Ruprecht\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Louis A. Ruprecht\nTitle: Winckelmann and the Vaticans First Profane Museum\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of religion\nPublisher: Palgrave MacMillan Us\nEdition: 2011\nISBN-13: 9780230110694\nISBN-10: 023011069X\nRRP: \u00A389.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOffers the first-ever historical descriptions of the foundation of the \""Museo Profano\"" inside the Vatican in 1761. Using the palace records from the Vatican's Secret Archives, Ruprecht demonstrates that the Vatican museum was the brainchild of J.J. Winckelmann, the so-called father of Art History.\n\nOffers the first-ever historical descriptions of the foundation of the \""Museo Profano\"" inside the Vati.