Sulzer, Johann Georg
(1720–1779)
JOHANN GEORG SULZERSULZER, JOHANN GEORGJOHANN GEORG SULZER [* 1720-† 1779] Whereas Diderot and d'ALEMBERT had culled an enormous quantity of information concerning the arts for the French Encyclopédie, German readers found in the Swiss aesthetician Johann Georg Sulzer's Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste (1771-74) an impressive assemblage of data and formulations, including a substantial number of articles on music and particularly on aesthetic issues. Whereas Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU aided the…