Friedrich Sarre
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (22 June 1865, in
art historian who amassed a collection of Islamic art
.
In 1895-96, inspired by
epigraphic material. During two archaeological field seasons from 1911 to 1913 he excavated at Samarra, the 9th-century capital of the Abbasid dynasty, with Ernst Herzfeld. The two men published their findings in "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat-und Tigris Gebeit" ("Archaeological journey in the Euphrates and Tigris region").[1][2]
He collected art from throughout the Middle East, especially from
Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin,[1] where from 1921 to 1931 he was the director of its "Islamic department".[citation needed
]
Selected works
- Reise in Kleinasien-sommer 1895--forschungen zur Seldjukishin Kunst und Geographie des Landes, 1896 – Travel in Seljuqart and geography of the country.
- Transkaukasien, Persien, Mesopotamien, Transkaspien, 1899 – Transcaucasia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Trans-Caspia.
- Denkmäler persischer Baukunst : geschichtliche Untersuchung und Aufnahme muhammedanischer Backsteinbauten in Vorderasien und Persien (1901 1910) – Monuments of Persian architecture; historical investigations and records of Islamic brick buildings in Asia Minor and Persia.
- Erzeugnisse islamischer kunst (Volume 1–2, with Eugen Mittwoch) 1906–1909.
- Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet (4 volumes, with Ernst Herzfeld; Max van Berchem), 1911–1920.
- Die Kunst des alten Persien, 1922 – The art of ancient Persia.[3]
Works by Sarre that have been published in English:
- "Oriental carpet designs in full color" (with Hermann Trenkwald); New York : Dover Publications, ©1979. Originally published in two volumes, 1926 and 1929, by Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna.
- "Islamic bookbindings", (with F D O'Byrne); London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. (1923).[4]
References
- ^ a b Dictionary of Art Historians Archived 2019-06-08 at the Wayback Machine Sarre, Friedrich
- ^ WorldCat Title Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet
- ^ Internet Archive List of published works
- ^ WorldCat Identities published works
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