Ernst Homann-Wedeking
Ernst Homann-Wedeking (born July 13, 1908 in Bremen ; † August 8, 2002 ) was a German classical archaeologist .
Homann-Wedeking received his doctorate in 1934 at the University of Munich with the thesis Archaic Vase Ornaments in Attica, Laconia and Eastern Greece . In 1934/35 he received the Wülfing scholarship . From 1936 he worked at the Athens Department of the German Archaeological Institute , from 1938 at the Rome Department . After the war he became assistant to Guido Kaschnitz von Weinberg at the University of Frankfurt , where he received his habilitation on May 16, 1950 with his work The Beginnings of Large-Scale Greek Sculpture . From 1954 to 1959 Homann-Wedeking was Professor of Classical Archeology at the University of Hamburg , from 1959 to his retirement in 1973 at the University of Munich. From 1963 to 1975 he directed the excavations in the Heraion of Samos .
Fonts
- Archaic vase ornamentation in Attica, Laconia and Eastern Greece . Athens 1938.
- Experiences [poems] . Rome 1940.
- The beginnings of large-scale Greek sculpture . Mann, Berlin 1950.
- Archaic Greece . Holle, Baden-Baden 1966 (Art of the World, Series 2: The Art of the Occident. Also Italian, French, English and Dutch translations). Reprinted 1975, ISBN 3-87355-119-5 .
literature
- Changes. Studies of ancient and modern art. Dedicated to Ernst Homann-Wedeking . Waldsassen 1975
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Homann-Wedeking in the catalog of the German National Library
Chair of Classical Archeology: Ernst Homann-Wedeking (1954–1959) | Ulf Jantzen (1960–1967) | Walter Hatto Gross (1968–1979) | Hans Georg Niemeyer (1980-2000) | Inge Nielsen (2000–2016) | Christof Berns (since 2018)
Further professorships for archeology and cultural history of the ancient Mediterranean area: Peter Zazoff (1971–1987) | Hans Peter Laubscher (1977–1989) | Burkhard Fehr (1987-2007) | Martina Seifert (since 2010)
Professor according to § 17, 4: Lambert Schneider (1987–2009)
First professorship (chair): Heinrich Brunn (1865–1894) | Adolf Furtwängler (1894–1907) | Paul Wolters (1908–1929) | Ernst Buschor (1929–1959) | Ernst Homann-Wedeking (1959–1973) | Paul Zanker (1976-2002) | Luca Giuliani (2002-2007) | Stefan Ritter (since 2008)
Second professorship: Hans Peter Laubscher (1989–1999) | Rolf Michael Schneider (2001–2016) | Ruth Bielfeldt (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homann-Wedeking, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2002 |