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FURTWANGLER, ADOLF (1853–1907)

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FURTWANGLER, ADOLF (1853–1907) , See also:German archaeologist, was See also:born at See also:Freiburg See also:im See also:Breisgau, and was educated there, at See also:Leipzig and at See also:Munich, where he was a See also:pupil of H. See also:Brunn, whose See also:comparative method in See also:art-See also:criticism he much See also:developed. He took See also:part in the excavations at See also:Olympia in 1878, became an assistant in the See also:Berlin Museum in 188o, and See also:professor at Berlin (1884) and later at Munich. His latest excavation See also:work was at See also:Aegina. He was a prolific writer, with a prodigious knowledge and memory, and a most ingenious and confident critic; and his work not only dominated the See also:field of archaeological criticism but also raised its See also:standing both at See also:home and abroad. Among his numerous publications the most important were a See also:volume on the bronzes found at Olympia, vast See also:works on See also:ancient gems and See also:Greek vases, and the invaluable Masterpieces of Greek See also:Sculpture (See also:English See also:translation by See also:Eugenie Strong). He died at See also:Athens on the loth of See also:October 1907.

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