Elisabeth Walde

Elisabeth Walde (nee Psenner , also Elisabeth Walde-Psenner ; * 1940 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian classical and Roman provincial archaeologist .

Elisabeth Psenner received her doctorate in 1963 at the University of Innsbruck with the work The Bozen Painter Anton Psenner in the Art of his Time in Art History . There she completed her habilitation in 1977 with a thesis on research on the problems of Roman and early Christian archeology in the Alpine region , which also involved a change from art history to archeology. In 1984 she took over the chair for Classical Archeology at the University of Innsbruck, succeeding Bernhard Neutsch , which she remained until 2008. She was the first woman in this position on the chair at Innsbruck University. Her successor was Erich Kistler .

Walde deals with the work of the painter Anton Psenner as well as with the influence of Greek art on Roman art in the provinces and their reception in modern art in Tyrol . One focus of the work is provincial Roman archeology in the Alpine region, such as research and knowledge transfer on the Via Claudia Augusta and Aguntum . Walde researches early Christian art as well as visual ancient communication and the self-portrayal of Roman society in the provinces. On her 65th birthday in 2005, the Festschrift Vis imaginum was dedicated to her.

Fonts

• Anton Psenner and his time. Visual monograph on Anton Psenner's 200th year of birth and 125th year of death. Athesia, Bozen 1991, ISBN 88-7014-644-8
• with Dietrich Fell: Finds from Aguntum. Institute for Classical Archeology at the Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck 1995
• with Herta Arnold, Alfred Auer: From Amor to Cerberus. Ancient mythology in Tyrolean art. Tyrolia, Innsbruck and Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7022-2616-8 (Tyrolean cultural assets)
• In the splendid splendor of Rome. The imagery of the Roman stones in Austria. Institute for Classical and Provincial Roman Archeology, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-200-00285-9
• with Gerald Grabherr (ed.): Via Claudia Augusta and Roman road research in the eastern Alpine region. IUP, Innsbruck 2006, ISBN 3-901249-92-3 (Ikarus, Volume 1)
• (Ed.): Image magic and falling wells. Visual communication from classical antiquity to current media war reporting. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck – Vienna – Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7065-4686-7

literature

• Gerald Grabherr (Ed.): Vis imaginum. Festschrift for Elisabeth Walde on her 65th birthday. Institute for Classical and Provincial Roman Archeology, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-200-00267-0