Hanns Gabelmann

Hanns Gabelmann (born December 26, 1936 in Stuttgart , † September 5, 1996 in Bonn ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Hanns Gabelmann first studied at the Philipps University of Marburg , where Friedrich Matz became his first important academic teacher. He received his doctorate in 1963 with studies on the early Greek lion image . He then went to the Saarland University as a research assistant for three years and finally in 1966 to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . There he completed his habilitation in 1971 with the work The Workshop Groups of Upper Italian Sarcophagi . Afterwards, Gabelmann was initially a scientific adviser . In 1973 he was appointed to the newly created second chair for Classical Archeology in Bonn and has now taught alongside Nikolaus Himmelmann for over 20 years . With his studies, which sought to combine artistic and historical aspects, he founded his own important archaeological school. Many domestic and foreign students were among his students. He is considered one of the first archaeologists to include geodesy in academic teaching.

Gabelmann initially researched primarily on Greek art history. Since the early 1960s, his interest in Roman monuments grew more and more. In particular, he devoted himself to the Roman provincial legacies. Here he was particularly concerned with Gallo-Roman art and the development of medieval art from ancient art as well as grave structures and grave sculptures. Most recently, he conducted research on the iconography of the Roman state and grave reliefs. In his academic teaching he covered the entire period from Homeric Greece to late antiquity .

literature

• Studies on the early Greek lion image. Mann, Berlin 1965.
• The workshop groups of the northern Italian sarcophagi. Rheinland-Verlag and Habelt, Bonn 1973, ISBN 3-7927-0159-6 ( Bonner Jahrbücher . Supplements, Vol. 34).
• Roman tombs of the early imperial era. In: Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of south-west Germany. No. 22, Society for Prehistory and Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern, Stuttgart 1979.
• Ancient audience and tribunal scenes. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1984, ISBN 3-534-08785-2 .
• The triumphal arch in Zagarolo. Antiquities in a Mannerist pictorial program. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-412-07491-8 .
• Nikolaus Himmelmann : On the death of Hanns Gabelmann. In: Ancient World . 27, 1996, p. 427.
• Egon Schallmayer : Hanns Gabelmann (1937–1996). In: Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt . 2, 1997, p. 340.
• Helmut Roth, Nikolaus Himmelmann, Gunnar Brands (eds.): In memoriam Hanns Gabelmann. Talk. Bouvier, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-416-02696-9 (Alma mater, vol. 87).
• Gunnar Brands (Ed.): Rome and the Provinces. Commemorative publication for Hanns Gabelmann. von Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-2821-4 ( Bonner Jahrbücher . Supplements, Vol. 53).

Web links

• Literature by and about Hanns Gabelmann in the catalog of the German National Library