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Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler (30 June 1853 – 10 October 1907) was a German archaeologist, teacher, art historian and museum director. He was the father of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler and grandfather of the German archaeologist Andreas Furtwängler.
Jun 26, 2024 · Adolf Furtwängler (born June 30, 1853, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden [Germany]—died Oct. 10, 1907, Athens, Greece) was a German archaeologist whose catalogs of ancient Greek sculpture, vase painting, and gems brought thousands of art works into historical order.
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Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler war ein deutscher Klassischer Archäologe. Er gilt als Hauptvertreter einer kunstgeschichtlichen Klassischen Archäologie im Gegensatz zur im 19. Jahrhundert vorherrschenden realienkundlichen und philologischen Richtung und als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Archäologen.
Adolf Furtwängler (1853–1907). Photograph courtesy of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, archive, Berlin. Although Adolf Furtwängler (1853–1907) was one of the most prolific and influential classical archaeologists of his generation, his wideranging contribution to the discipline is little discussed in its modern histories.
Adolf Furtwängler (ä´dôlf fŏŏrt´vĕng-lər), 1853–1907, German archaeologist, authority on ancient vases and gems. He made important excavations at Olympia, Aegina, and Orchomenus and wrote the authoritative Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik [masterpieces of Greek sculpture] (1893), of which a smaller edition was later translated ...
Furtwängler embarked on writing a history of ancient art the following year, but contracted a case of dysentery in Aigina and died at age 54, cutting short a brilliant career. His students formed the most eminent of the next generation of classical art historians and archaeologists.
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Adolf Furtwängler and the Problem of ‘Modern’ Classical Archaeology" In Momigliano and Antiquarianism: Foundations of the Modern Cultural Sciences, 248-285. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
