Carlo Fea
Carlo Fea (born February 2, 1753 in Pigna in what is now Liguria , † March 18, 1836 in Rome ) was an Italian classical archaeologist .
Life
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Fea studied law in Rome and graduated with a doctorate in law from La Sapienza University . But since 1798 he was increasingly concerned with archeology and received corresponding research contracts.
For political reasons he was forced to seek refuge in Florence ; on his return in 1799 he was imprisoned as a Jacobin by the Neapolitans, who at that time occupied Rome, but released shortly afterwards and appointed Commissario delle Antichità and librarian to Prince Chigi . Fea identified a statue of a discus thrower discovered in Rome on the Esquiline in 1781, the so-called discobolos , a Roman copy in marble of the lost original statue in bronze that Myron created.
Fea supported the legal control of the art trade and the excavations of Roman antiquities. He himself undertook archaeological studies at the Pantheon (Rome) and the Roman Forum .
He corrected and commented on an Italian translation of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's History of Art and also commented on some of the works of Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi . Among his original writings, best known are: Miscellanea filologica, critica, e antiquaria and Descrizione di Roma.
literature
- Ronald T. Ridley: The pope's archaeologist: the life and times of Carlo Fea. Quasar, Rome 2000, ISBN 88-7140-177-8
( This article is a translation from the English language Wikipedia, which in turn goes back to the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fea, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pigna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1836 |
| Place of death | Rome |