Herbert Hoffmann (archaeologist)
Herbert Hoffmann (born April 3, 1930 in Eisenstadt ; † August 9, 2012 in Tuscany ) was an American classical archaeologist of Austrian descent.
Life
Hoffmann grew up in an upper-class milieu. In 1938 the family emigrated to the USA. Encouraged by George Hanfmann , the excavator from Sardis , he studied Classical Archeology at Harvard University . Employment at various renowned museums followed. At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston , he was the victim of an intrigue to steal an earring, one of the museum's most famous gems. The real thief was caught and Hoffmann left the USA. He became head of the antique collection of the Museum of Art and Industry in Hamburg .
In 1972 he and his wife Ursula Corleis moved to Radda in Chianti in Tuscany.
Fonts (selection)
- Attic red-figured Rhyta . Zabern, Mainz 1962.
- Antique gold and silver jewelry. Catalog with examination of the objects on a technical basis. Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg - edited by Herbert Hoffmann and Vera von Claer. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1968.
- Sexual and asexual pursuit. A structuralist approach to Greek Vase Painting . Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, London 1977.
- Divergent archeology . Rutzen, Ruhpolding, Mainz. 2007. ISBN 978-3-938646-12-0 (collected essays, table of contents).
literature
- Dieter Metzler (Ed.): Mazzo di Fiori. Festschrift for Herbert Hoffmann. Rutzen, Ruhpolding 2010. ISBN 978-3-447-06290-9 .
- Lambert Schneider : From the picture to the context of life. Herbert Hoffmann and 50 years of archaeological image studies. In: Ancient World . Issue 2/2013, p. 54ff
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ DNB 987699423/04 Table of contents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tuscany |