Bulle, Heinrich

Date born:  1867

Place Born:  Bremen

Date died:  1945

Place died:  Bad Kohlgrub/Oberbayern

Specialist in the sculpture and art of ancient Greece.  Professor at the University of Würzburg 1909-1935.  His masterwork, Der schöne Mensch im Altertum, appeared in 3 successive editions, and broke with (til then) traditional art history by examining how certain artistic themes were handled and changed over time.

Home Country:  Germany

Sources:  Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 168-169. 

Bibliography:  Der schöne Mensch im Altertum, 1898.