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Porträt of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 1774. German art historian, archaeologist and pioneering Hellenist Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) first articulated the differences between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. He has been called 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. Many consider him the father of the discipline of art history.