André Godard

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André Godard (born January 21, 1881 in Chaumont , † July 31, 1965 in Paris ) was a French architect , archaeologist and art historian . He was also director of the Iranian Archeological Service (IAS) ( Edāreh-ye kol-e 'atiqāt ).

Life

After graduating from the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris , André Godard studied archeology of the Middle East , specializing primarily in Iran . This was followed by a collaboration with Ernst Herzfeld and Henri Viollet in Iraq ( Samarra ) and Egypt .

After the First World War , Godard married Yedda Reuilly (1889–1979), who had studied Oriental languages, and in 1922 took part in a French archaeological delegation in Afghanistan . There he devoted himself to studying the Buddha statues of Bamiyan . In 1925 an exhibition on this Buddhist pilgrimage followed in the Musée Guimet .

From 1928 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1960 André Godard was Director of the Iranian Archeological Service (IAS). This was set up by Reza Shah after the French monopoly on archaeological research in Iran had expired. During that time Godard designed the Bastan Museum ( Museh-ye Irān-e Bāstān (Museum of Ancient Iran)), which he later directed.

In collaboration with other architects, the restoration and design of several important buildings followed, including the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran , whose curriculum he later developed as dean based on the model of the French École des Beaux-Arts.

After his return to France in 1960, Godard wrote the book L'Art de l'Iran , in which he presented the development of Iranian architecture - the focus of his research.

plant

  • Iranian National Museum ( Museh-ye Irān-e Bāstān ) (Tehran) (1936)
  • Garden of the Museh-ye Irān-e Bāstān Museum and the National Library ( Ketāb-Khāneh-ye Melli ) in collaboration with Maxime Siroux
  • Hafez Monument ( Shiraz )
  • Campus of the University of Tehran (in collaboration with Maxime Siroux, Mohasen Forughi, Roland Dubrul), Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Restoration work on important buildings such as the Masjed-e Jom'eh , Masjed-e Shāh , Masjed-e Lotf-Allāh in Isfahan
  • Archaeological work in Persepolis
  • Bronze finds in Lorestan

Publications (selection)

  • Les Antiquités bouddhiques de Bamyian . MDAFA 2, Paris, Bruxelles 1928
  • Le Trésor de Ziwiye . Haarlem 1950
  • Les Travaux de Persépolis . In: Archaeologica orientalia. In memoriam Ernst Herzfeld . New York 1952, pp. 119-128
  • L'Art de l'Iran . 1960

literature

  • Mina Marefat: The Protagonists who Shaped Modern Tehran . In: Tehran capitale bicentenaire, édité par Chahryar Adle et Bernard Hourcade, Paris et Téhéran , 1992
  • André Parrot: André Godard (1881–1965), Syria 43, 1966
  • Ève Gran-Aymerich, Mina Marefat: André Godard . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume 11 (1), para. 022, as of December 15, 2001, accessed on June 8, 2011 (English, including references)
personal data
SURNAME Godard, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect, archaeologist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Chaumont
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1965
Place of death Paris