Arthur Fairbanks

Arthur Fairbanks (born November 13, 1864 in Hanover (New Hampshire) , † January 13, 1944 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) ) was an American classical archaeologist .

Fairbanks studied first at Dartmouth College ( Bachelor of Arts 1886), then at Yale Divinity School (1887/8) and at Union Theological Seminary (1888/89). Fairbanks continued his studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1890 with a dissertation on moral value . After his return to the USA he taught at Dartmouth College (1890-1892 Assistant Professor of Greek) and at Yale University (1892-1894 Lecturer, Social Science and Philosophy of Religion; 1894-1899 Instructor, Comparative Religion). In 1899/1900 he was a fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . He then taught at the University of Iowa (1900–1906, Professor of Greek Literature and Archeology) and the University of Michigan (1906/07 Professor of Classical Studies, Greek Language and Literature, Greek Archeology). In 1907 he became head of the antiques department of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston . Here he was responsible for building up the collection, which was implemented primarily by the dealers Edward P. Warren (1860–1928) and John Marshall (1862–1928). From 1908 until his retirement in 1925 he was director of the museum, which at that time moved to its new headquarters in Fenway Park, Boston. In 1910, Fairbanks was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . From 1925 to 1930 he taught as a professor of art history at Wellesley College .

literature

• George H. Chase : Arthur Fairbanks . In: American Journal of Archeology 48, 1944, pp. 179-180.

Publications (selection)

• Ethical worth. A study as to the basis of ethics . Dissertation Freiburg 1891.
• Athenian Lekythoi, with Outline Drawing in Glaze Varnish on a White Ground . Macmillan, New York 1907 ( digitized version ).
• A Handbook of Greek Religion . American Book Company, New York 1910 ( digitized version ).
• Athenian Lekythoi with Outline Drawing in Matt Color on a White Ground . Macmillan, New York, London 1914 ( digitized version ).
• Catalog of Greek and Etruscan Vases. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Vol. 1: Early vases, preceding Athenian black-figured ware . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 1928 ( digitized ).
• Greek Art: the Basis of Later European Art . Longmans, Green, New York 1933.

Web links

• Arthur Fairbanks in the Dictionary of Art Historians
• Arthur Fairbanks at Find a Grave