August Kalkmann

August Kalkmann (24 March 1853, Hamburg – 19 February 1905, Berlin) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian.

He studied under Franz Bücheler, Hermann Usener and Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz at the University of Bonn, receiving his doctorate in 1881 with a dissertation on Euripides' Hippolytus. In 1885 he qualified as a lecturer, and in 1900 became an associate professor at the University of Berlin.[1][2]

Principal works

  • De Hippolytis Euripideis quaestiones novae, 1881 (dissertation).
  • Über Darstellungen der Hippolytos-Sage, 1883 – Representations on the legend of Hippolytus.
  • Pausanias der Perieget. Untersuchungen über seine Schriftstellerei und seine Quellen, 1886 – Pausanias the Periegete.
  • Die Proportionen des Gesichts in der griechischen Kunst, 1893 – On proportions of the face in Greek art.
  • Die Quellen der Kunstgeschichte der Plinius, 1898 – The source of art history of Pliny.[3]
  • August Kalkmanns nachgelassenes Werk, 1909 – August Kalkmann's posthumous work (edited by Hermann Voss).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, Volume 40 necrology
  2. ↑ Chronik der Königlichen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu ..., Volumes 17-21 by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  3. ↑ OCLC Classify published works
  4. ↑ Google Search published works by Kalkmann
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