Winckelmann's 'Monumenti antichi inediti' exhibition at m.a.x. museo Chiasso

The Winckelmann-Gesellschaft organizes a series of events for the tercentenary of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's birth, including an exhibition at the m.a.x. museo in Chiasso, Switzerland, from February 5 to May 7, 2017. The show focuses on Winckelmann's 'Monumenti antichi inediti', featuring all 208 engraved plates from the 1767 first edition, preparatory manuscripts, 20 copper matrices, 14 etching proofs, and three archaeological artifacts from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples: a gem with Zeus striking giants, a marble relief of Paris and Aphrodite, and a fragment of a Pompeii fresco depicting the Trojan horse. Winckelmann, born in Stendal in 1717 and died in Trieste in 1768, revolutionized the modern understanding of Greek antiquity and classical beauty, influencing German and European culture. His 'Monumenti' combined text and images innovatively, serving as a model for successors like Seroux d'Agincourt, Leopoldo Cicognara, Luigi Rossini, and Giovanni Volpato.