Adolf Bötticher
Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher (12 December 1842 – 9 June 1901) was a German art historian and conservator. Bötticher was born in Blumberg, Brandenburg, and studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin (1865–68). After performing excavatory work in Greece from 1875 to 1877, he published a weekly newspaper for architects and engineers (Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure).
Adolf Bötticher
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- Born
- 1842 · Blumberg.
- Died
- 1901 · Lesnoye.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- art historian · archaeologist · architectural historian · architect · editor · conservator
- Fields
- architecture · art history · archaeology · archaeological excavation
- Known for
- Die Akropolis von Athen nach den Berichten der Alten und den neusten Erforschungen
- Languages
- German
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Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher (12 December 1842 – 9 June 1901) was a German art historian and conservator. Bötticher was born in Blumberg, Brandenburg, and studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin (1865–68). After performing excavatory work in Greece from 1875 to 1877, he published a weekly newspaper for architects and engineers (Wochenblatt für Architekten und Ingenieure).
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Adolf Bötticher is recorded with the occupation architectural historian. Recorded as art historian, archaeologist, architectural historian, architect and editor.
Адольф Бёттихер, описание памятников архитектуры и искусства провинции Восточная Пруссия. Выпуск посвящён Кёнигсбергу.
Adolf Boetticher · Boetticher A. Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Ostpreußen. H. VII. Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Königsberg. Königsberg, 1897.
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1842
Adolf Bötticher was born on 12 December 1842.
1888
Die Akropolis von Athen nach den Berichten der Alten und den neusten Erforschungen is dated 1888.
1901
Adolf Bötticher died on 9 June 1901.
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In 1886 Bötticher headed the registry for historic buildings and art monuments in East Prussia, and in 1891 he was named conservator for the province. He died in Warnicken. • Illustration — Pelasgic wall, illustration from Die Akropolis von Athen (1888).
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is architecture, art history and archaeology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Olympia and Berlin. Works named in the authority record are Die Akropolis von Athen nach den Berichten der Alten und den neusten Erforschungen.
From 1891 to 1898 he published the 8-volume Die Bau und Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Ostpreussen (9th volume, 1899 by Walther von Schimmelfennig), documenting architectural and artistic landmarks of East Prussia. Other noted works by Bötticher include: • Auf griechischen Landstrassen, 1883 – On Greek country roads. • Olympia, das fest und seine stätte, nach den berichten der alten und den ergebnissen der deutschen augrabungen, 1886 – Olympia, the festival and its site, according to old records and the results of German excavations. • Die Akropolis von Athen nach den berichten der alten und den neusten erforschungen, 1888 – The Acropolis of Athens, according to old reports and the latest research.
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- 1.Bötticher, Adolf at Neue Deutsche Biographie
- 2.Kunstdenkmäler de.Wikisource
- 3.Review of Mythology and Monuments of Ancient Athens by Jane E. Harrison and Margaret de G. Verrall; Die Akropolis von Athen von Adolf Bötticher. The Quarterly Journal. 171. 122–149. July 1890.
- 4.Most widely held works by Adolf Boetticher WorldCat Identities
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