!!!Scheyb, Franz Christoph von

Scheyb, Franz Christoph von, b. Tengen (Germany), Feb. 26, 1704, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 2, 1777, epic poet, art theorist. Studied law in 
Vienna and entered the civil service, travelled widely, contacts with 
J.-J. Rousseau, Voltaire and other scholars and authors of the time; 
tried to popularise the poetics and the linguistic norms of J. C. 
Gottsched in Austria. Editor of  "Peutingersche Tafel" (1753), created 
his own theory of art ("Natur und Kunst in Gemaelden, Bildhauereyen, 
Gebaeuden und Kupferstichen ...", 1770).

!Further works
Theresiade, 1746 (epic); Lobrede auf weiland Se. 
Hochgraefliche Excellenz Herrn Friedrich des Heil. Roem. R. Grafen von 
Harrach zu Rohrau ..., 1750; Musae Francisco ac Theresiae augustis 
congratulantur ..., 1756 (ed.; Festschrift on the reopening of Vienna 
University).

!Literature
I. Tuma, F. C. S. (1704-1777). Leben und Werk, 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1975.



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