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Grace can never properly be said to exist without beauty for it is only in the elegant proportions of beautiful forms that can be found that harmonious variety of line and motion which is the essence and charm of grace.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Age: 50 †
Born: 1717
Born: December 9
Died: 1768
Died: June 8
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Giovanni Winkelmann
Johann Winkelmann
Ioann Vinkelman
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