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Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig

    Full Name: Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1900

    Date Died: 1976

    Place Born: Hanover, Germany

    Place Died: Freiburg im Breisgau, Hesse, Germany

    Home Country/ies: Germany

    Subject Area(s): Ancient European, Ancient Greek (culture or style), Antique, the, Classical, Early Western World, Greek (modern), Mediterranean (Early Western World), prehistoric, and sculpture (visual works)


    Overview

    Specialist in ancient Greek and prehistoric art, particularly sculpture and art of the Parthenon period (fifth century B.C.). Professor of Art History at the University of Giessen (1934-1936) and the University of Freiburg i.B. (1936-1968). Wrote his dissertation and promotionsschrift on the Parthenon friezes.


    Selected Bibliography

    for complete bibliography of W.H. Schuchardt, see “Alkamenes” 126.BWPr (1977) 61 ff. “Zu Leben und Werk: H.v. Steuben” Gnomon 48, 1976, 827 ff.


    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 278-279.




    Citation

    "Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/schuchhardtw/.


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