Arthur D. Trendall

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Arthur Dale Trendall (born March 28, 1909 in Auckland , New Zealand , † November 13, 1995 in Melbourne ) was a New Zealand classical archaeologist .

Life

Trendall studied at King's College in Auckland (1916-1925); the University of New Zealand in Dunedin (1926-1929) and at the Trinity College of the University of Cambridge (1931-33). Between 1933 and 1939 he toured Europe, especially the museums and archaeological sites in Greece and Italy. In 1936 he became a librarian at the British Archaeological School in Rome, and from 1936 to 1940 he was a Fellow of Trinity College. In 1939 he was appointed to the chair of Greek philology at the University of Sydney , which he held until 1954, and since 1948 the chair of archeology. He spent the war years as a cryptographer in the secret service. In 1954 he was appointed to the first master’s degree at the University House of the Australian National University in Canberra . He held this office until 1969, when he gave it up in favor of his studies in Lower Italian vase painting . He became a Resident Fellow at Menzies College at La Trobe University , where he conducted intensive research into this art form.

Although the assignment of the Lower Italian vases to five main manufacturers ( Apulian , Campanian , Lucan , Paestan , Sicilian ) does not go back to Trendall, his research has helped to clarify the affiliation of over 20,000 vases to these groups and, in the tradition of John D. Beazley 's, facilitating the divorce of individual painters' hands. His studies form the basis of any occupation with Lower Italian vase painting.

In 1968 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy . In 1977 he became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences .

Fonts (selection)

  • Paestan Pottery. A Study of the Red-Figured Vases of Paestum (London 1936)
  • Early Italian vases. Pictures of Greek vases 12 (Leipzig 1938)
  • Vasi antichi dipinti del Vaticano. Vasi italioti ed etruschi a figure rosse (Città del Vaticano 1953)
  • Phlyax vases. 2nd ed. (London 1967) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 19)
  • The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily [2 vol.] (Oxford 1967)
  • with TBL Webster : Illustrations of Greek drama (London 1971)
  • Early South Italian vase-painting. Revised 1973 (Mainz 1974)
  • The red-figured vases of Apulia, 1st Early and Middle Apulian (Oxford 1978)
  • The red-figured vases of Apulia, 2nd Late Apulian. Indexes (Oxford 1982)
  • The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily. Third supplement. Consolidated (London 1983) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 41)
  • with Alexander Cambitoglou : First supplement to the red-figured vases of Apulia (London 1983) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 42)
  • with Ian McPhee: Greek red-figured fish-plates (Basel 1987) (Antike Kunst. Beihefte, 14)
  • The red-figured vases of Paestum (Rome 1987)
  • Red figure vases of South Italy and Sicily. A handbook. London, Thames and Hudson 1989 = red-figure vases from southern Italy and Sicily. A manual. Mainz, Zabern 1991. ISBN 3-8053-1111-7
  • with Ian McPhee: Addenda to "Greek red-figured fish-plates". In: Antike Kunst 33 (1990) 31–51
  • with Alexander Cambitoglou: Second supplement to the red-figured vases of Apulia, 1–3 (London 1991–92) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 60)

Appreciations

  • Alexander Cambitoglou (Ed.): Studies in honor of Arthur Dale Trendall (Sydney 1979)
  • Arthur Dale Trendall. Bibliography 1934-1987 . In: Greek colonists and native populations. Proceedings of the First Australian Congress of Classical Archeology, Sydney 9-14 July 1985 (Canberra 1990) 649-655.
  • The Times (London), December 4, 1995
  • John Richard Green, Ian McPhee: "Not a word from you, look and pass". On the death of Arthur Dale Trendall. In: Antike Welt 27 (1996) 67-68.
  • Henri Metzger : Arthur Dale Trendall, 1909–1995. In: Revue archéologique 1996, 411-413.
  • L. Cozza Luzi: Arthur Dale Trendall, 1909-1995. In: Atti della Pontificia academia romana di Archeologia. Rendiconti 70 (1997-98) 321-322.

literature

  • Ian McPhee: Arthur Dale Trendall, 1909-1995 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 97 , 1998, pp. 501-517 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

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personal data
SURNAME Trendall, Arthur D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trendall, Arthur Dale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1995
Place of death Melbourne