Götz Lahusen

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Götz Lahusen (born November 11, 1944 in Traben-Trarbach ; † May 30, 2008 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Lahusen comes from the Lahusen merchant family . He grew up in Bremen and studied at the University of Munich and the University of Tübingen . In Tübingen he received his doctorate in 1975 under Ulrich Hausmann with the thesis investigations into the statue of honor in Rome. Literary and epigraphic evidence . Already during his studies Lahusen stayed several times in Rome , after completing his doctorate he first became a research assistant and later a consultant at the Rome department of the German Archaeological Institute . In 1980 he became a research assistant at the Archaeological Institute of Frankfurt University . There he completed his habilitation in 1985 with the work Die Bildnismünzen der Roman Republik . Several professorships followed. In 1988 Lahusen became a professor at the University of Freiburg , and since 1995 he has been an adjunct professor in Frankfurt.

Since his time in Freiburg, Lahusen worked mainly on a project of the German Research Foundation that dealt with Roman visual art. Together with the restorer Edilberto Formigli, he researched large Roman bronzes. Lahusen's work on portrait art of the Roman Republic is considered fundamental. He was a member of the German Archaeological Institute and died after a long illness.

Fonts (selection)

  • Investigations into the statue of honor in Rome. Literary and epigraphic evidence. (= Archaeologica Volume 35), Bretschneider, Rome 1983, ISBN 88-85007-97-X
  • The portrait coins of the Roman Republic. Hirmer, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-7774-4890-7 .
  • Editor: The Antiques of the German Academy Villa Massimo Rome. German Academy Villa Massimo, Rome 1990.
  • with Edilberto Formigli: Roman portraits made of bronze. Art and technology. Hirmer, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7774-8790-2 .
  • with Edilberto Formigli: Large bronzes from Herculaneum and Pompeii. Statues and busts of rulers and citizens. Wernersche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Worms 2007, ISBN 978-3-88462-250-6 .
  • Roman portraits. Client, functions, locations. Zabern, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-8053-3738-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Lahusen, Götz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Traben-Trarbach
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2008