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Wotschitzky, Alfons

    Full Name: Wotschitzky, Alfons

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1917

    Date Died: 1969

    Place Born: Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

    Place Died: Mehrerau bei Begrenz, Austria

    Home Country/ies: Austria

    Subject Area(s): Ancient Greek (culture or style), Antique, the, Austrian, Classical, and Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)


    Overview

    Specialist in classical Greek and Roman art, particularly the Roman presence in Austria. Noted advocate of humanism who sought the origins of the humanistic tradition in Greek art and literature. Professor at the University of Innsbruck 1951-. Led long-term excavation of a Roman archaeological site in Innsbruck 1953-.


    Selected Bibliography

    Die Kultur der Römer. 1969. Das antike Rom. 1950. “Die Römersiedlung Veldidena: Die Brennerstrasse.” Jahrb. des S üdtiroler Kulturinstituts I (1961) “Die antike Plastik und der humanistische Gedanke” Ewige Humanismus 10 (1947) “Untersuchungen zur Frügeschichte des korinthischen Baustils.” öJh 37 (1948): 53 ff.


    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 321-322.




    Citation

    "Wotschitzky, Alfons." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/wotschitzkya/.


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