Johannes Burow

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Johannes Burow (born December 27, 1953 in Schwäbisch Hall ; † March 18, 2001 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Johannes Burow studied classical archeology, art history and Egyptology at the University of Tübingen from 1973 to 1982 , where he received his doctorate from Ulrich Hausmann with a thesis on Antimenes painter . During his studies he already took part in excavations on the Heuneburg , in Olympia and in Pergamon . He also spent four months working and researching at the Beazley Archive of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford . In 1982/83 he was employed by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and edited volume Tübingen 5 for the major project Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum , after he had edited volume 3 in 1980. In 1983/84 he was able to travel to several Mediterranean countries thanks to the travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). Since 1986 Burow was employed as a consultant at the central administration of the DAI in Berlin, where he was responsible for the scientific editing of the publications. He continued the work after the outbreak of his illness, which after a long time led to his early death. Since 1991 he has been involved in five excavation campaigns in the Bulgarian Durankulak .

Burow's importance for archeology lies primarily in his research on Greek , in particular Attic - black-figure vase painting. His study on the Antimenes painter is the most important work on the artist, his adaptations of the vase collection of the archaeological institute of Tübingen University as part of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Germany received positive reviews worldwide .

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SURNAME Burow, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Hall
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 2001