Full Name: Delbrueck, Richard
Other Names:
- Richard Delbrück
Gender: male
Date Born: 1875
Date Died: 1957
Place Born: Jena, Thuringia, Germany
Place Died: Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Home Country/ies: Germany
Subject Area(s): archaeology, architecture (object genre), Medieval (European), and sculpture (visual works)
Institution(s): Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Overview
Architectural historian and archaeologist, who stood aloof from the historicization of art history into questions of styles, preferring instead to emphasize the aesthetic uniqueness and impact of classical and medieval art. As a student, he traveled to Rome studying art with Ernst Pfuhl. Professor at Giessen University, 1922-1928, and Bonn University 1928-1940.
Selected Bibliography
Die Consulardiptychen und verwandte Denkmäler. 2 vols. Berlin: 1929; Hellenistische Bauten in Lautium. 2 vols. 1907, 1912; Antike Porphyrwerke. Berlin: 1932; Spätantike Kaiserportäts von Constantinus Magus bis zum Ende des Westreichs. Berlin and Leipzig: 1933.
Sources
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Modern Perspectives in Western Art History: An Anthology of 20th-Century Writings on the Visual Arts. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, p. 46 mentioned; Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 188-189.
Contributors: Lee Sorensen