Rudolf Pagenstecher (archaeologist)

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Rudolf Pagenstecher (born October 1, 1879 in Hamburg , † August 31, 1921 in Rostock ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Rudolf Pagenstecher was the son of the zoologist Alexander Pagenstecher and his wife Olga Schwartze. He passed his Abitur in Hamburg in 1904 and then studied archeology, classical philology and art history at the University of Heidelberg until 1909, interrupted in 1908/09 by a study visit to the University of Leipzig , where he was also an unpaid volunteer assistant. In 1909 he received his doctorate in Heidelberg with Friedrich von Duhn with a thesis on the calenic relief ceramics and was then a one-year volunteer until 1910 . For his dissertation he received the gold medal from the University of Heidelberg. He was then a lecturer at the University of Heidelberg , where he completed his habilitation in 1912 with a thesis on Lower Italian grave monuments and has since taught as a private lecturer . From 1916 until his untimely death he taught at the University of Rostock as the successor to Arnold von Salis as full professor of classical archeology and director of the academic coin cabinet and head of the archaeological collection .

Pagenstecher took part in an expedition by Ernst von Sieglins to Alexandria . He processed his research results there in a study on the shape and development of the Alexandrian tombs. He made special contributions to the research of ancient ceramics, wall painting and grave architecture. In 1914 he became a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute , the year before he became an honorary member of the Société archéologique d'Alexandrie .

The Pagenstecher lekyths are named after him.

Fonts

  • The calenic relief ceramic . Reimer, Berlin 1909
  • Niobids . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1910 (meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, born 1910, Abh. 6)
  • Eros and Psyche . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1911 (meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, born 1911, Abh. 9)
  • Lower Italian funerary monuments . Heitz & Mündel, Strasbourg 1912 (On the history of art abroad, H. 94)
  • The Greek-Egyptian collection of Ernst von Sieglin. Part 3: The vessels in stone and clay. Bone carvings , Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1913
  • Apulia , Seemann, Leipzig 1914 (Famous Art Places, Vol. 65)
  • Alexandrian Studies . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1917 (meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, born 1917, Abh. 12)
  • Necropolis. Investigations into the shape and development of the Alexandrian tombs and their paintings . Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1919
  • About the landscape relief among the Greeks . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1919 (meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, born 1919, Abh. 1)
  • The Greek-Egyptian collection of Ernst von Sieglin. Part 1: Paintings and sculptures (2 volumes), Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1923

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