Francesco Algarotti
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Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector.
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Quotes
[edit]- Dem Polyklet das Maß, und Phidias das Eisen gab.
- His rule Polyclet, his chissel Phidias gave.
- On the Classical influences on famous Baroque sculptor Lorenzo Mattielli; as quoted by J. J. Winckelmann, Gedanken über die Nachahmung der Griechischen Werke, 2nd ed. (1756) pt. 1, sec. 4 (tr. Henry Fuseli, 1765)
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Francesco Algarotti on Wikipedia
