Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli

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Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (born February 19, 1900 in Siena , † January 17, 1975 in Rome ) was one of the most important Italian classical archaeologists of the 20th century. His research interests included, in particular, Italian, Etruscan and Roman art .

Life

Bianchi Bandinelli, son of an Italian nobleman and a mother from Silesia, was raised privately. From 1915 he attended the Liceo in Siena, where he met the ancient historian Karl Julius Beloch, interned in Siena . After military service, he studied classical archeology at the University of Rome and received his doctorate in 1923 with a thesis on Chiusi in Etruscan times. After a brief activity as a high school teacher in Siena, he received a teaching post for archeology and history of Greek and Roman art at the University of Cagliari in 1929 , from 1930/1931 he taught at the University of Groningen and from 1934 to 1938 as a full professor at the University of Pisa . He was obliged, together with the director of the Art History Institute in Florence, Friedrich Kriegbaum, to guide Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on their visit to Florence and Rome on May 9, 1938 .

From 1939 he taught at the University of Florence , but resigned during the Republic of Salò and was taken hostage by the fascists. From 1944 he was a member of the Partito Comunista Italiano . From 1945 to 1947 he was general director for antiquities and fine arts in the ministry in Rome. He then taught again as a professor in Cagliari (1947 to 1950), Florence (1950 to 1957) and finally in Rome (1957 to 1964).

From 1947 he was a full member of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome.

Fonts (selection)

  • Reality and abstraction. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1962 ( Fundus Series 7)
  • Rome. The center of power. Roman art from the beginning to the time of Marcus Aurelius. (Universum der Kunst) Beck, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-406-03015-7
  • Rome. The end of antiquity. Roman art in the time from Septimius Severus to Theodosius I (Universum der Kunst) Beck, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-406-03017-3
  • with Antonia Giuliano: Etruscans and Italians before Roman rule. The art of Italy from early history to the alliance war. (Universum der Kunst) Beck, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-406-03021-1
  • Classical archeology. A critical introduction. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1976 ( Fundus series 69) / Beck, Munich 1978. ISBN 3-406-06769-7
  • Roman art. From the beginning until the end of antiquity [unabridged text of the universe of art published volumes Rome, the center of power and Rome, the end of antiquity ]. Beck, Munich 1975 / Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1983 ( Fundus series 85/86)

literature

  • Ida Baldassare:  Bianchi Bandinelli, Ranuccio. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 34:  Primo supplemento AC. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1988.
  • Marcello Barbanera: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli. Biografia ed epistolario di un grande archeologo. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-8491-236-9 .
  • Jens Petersen : The Red Count of Rome. Suffering from Germany: the archaeologist Bianchi Bandinelli. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 29, 1997, p. N5.

documentary

  • Hitler, Mussolini and I - A Man in a Time of Superman (Director: Angelo Caperna, France 2012, 78 min. Sent on Arte on February 24, 2013)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans W. Hubert, The Art History Institute in Florence. From the foundation to the centenary (1897-1997). Florence 1997, p. 65. See now Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli: Hitler, Mussolini and I. From a citizen's diary. From the Italian, with an afterword and notes by Hilmar Kossel, Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88221-084-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Bianchi Bandinelli, Ranuccio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1975
Place of death Rome