DICTIONARY OF ART HISTORIANS |
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A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art
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Gotsmich, Alois Date born: 1895 Place Born: Pölz/South Bohemia Date died: 1974 Place died: Erlangen Specialist in ancient Greek and Minoan art, particularly the juncture between the preclassical and classical ages. Maintained in 1935 book that the monumental classical Greek sculpture owed much more to the creativity of the Greeks than to "oriental" precursors. Studied at the German University of Prague (1917-1921). Dozent (tutor/lecturer, 1930-1935) and then Professor of Classical Archaeology (1935-1945) at the German University of Prague. A.o. Professor for Archaeology and Epigraphics at Erlangen University (1954-1963). Home Country: CZ/G Sources: Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 266-267. Bibliography: Entwicklungsgang der kretischen Ornamentik. Gesellschaft zur Förderung deutscher Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur in Böhmen, 1923. Studien zur ältesten griechischen Kunst. Prag, 1930. Probleme der frühgriechischen Plastik. 1935. Venus vom Esquilin, in: FuF 25, 1949, 193 ff. Ein attisches Sittenbild aus kimonischer Zeit, in: FuF 28, 1954, 337 ff.
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