Mathias Hofter

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Mathias René Hofter (born July 23, 1953 ) is a German classical archaeologist .

Mathias Hofter studied classical archeology, philosophy and art history at the University of Bonn and the University of Heidelberg , and he also spent a study visit to Rome . In 1984 he received his doctorate in Bonn with a thesis on the subject of investigations into the style and chronology of central Italian terracotta votive heads and then traveled to parts of the Mediterranean region as the holder of a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) . In 1988 he organized the exhibition Emperor Augustus and the Lost Republic at the Antikensammlung Berlin in West Berlin . Hofter then worked on the critical edition of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's History of Ancient Art , where he was responsible for the archaeological commentary. In this context, the habilitation thesis Ideal und Anschauung was created. On the genesis of JJ Winckelmann's archaeological method , which was adopted in June 2001. Since then he has been a private lecturer at the Free University of Berlin . In 1999 Hofter and Stefan Altekamp and Michael Krumme organized the Colloquium Posthumanist Classical Archeology - Historicity and Scientific Quality of Interests and Methods in Berlin. He also writes for the Berliner Zeitung and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and works as a translator of archaeological books.

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  • Investigations into the style and chronology of the central Italian terracotta votive heads (= Habelt's dissertation prints. Series Classical Archeology , Volume 21). Habelt, Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-7749-2168-7 .
  • Publisher: Emperor Augustus and the Lost Republic. An exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, June 7th – 14th. August 1988 . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-8053-1007-2 .
  • with Stefan Altekamp and Michael Krumme (editors): Posthumanist classical archeology. Historicity and scientific character of interests and methods . Hirmer, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7774-9300-7 .
  • Winckelmann, Johann Joachim: Writings and bequests: Volume 4. History of ancient art. 2. Catalog of ancient monuments (editor, edited by Adolf Borbein ). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3-8053-3745-8 .
  • The sensuality of the ideal. In support of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's archeology . Rutzen, Ruhpolding-Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-938646-14-4 ( Stendaler Winckelmann Research , Volume 7).

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SURNAME Hofter, Mathias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofter, Mathias René (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1953