Georg Lippold
Georg Lippold (21 February 1885 – 23 July 1954) was a German classical
.He studied at the Universities of
University of Erlangen as a lecturer, where he later served as a full professor of archaeology
(1925-1953).
Lippold succeeded Walther Amelung (1865–1927) as cataloguer of sculptures at the Vatican, publishing in 1936, Die Skulpturen des Vatikanischen Museums. His second volume involving Vatican sculpture was published posthumously in 1956.
After the death of
archaeologist Paul Arndt
in 1937, he took over editorship of Denkmäler griechischer und römischer Sculptur ("Greek and Roman Sculpture"), as well as Griechische und römische Porträts ("Greek and Roman Portraits"). In 1923, he published "Kopien und Umbildungen griechischer Statuen", a comprehensive examination on the "copy system" of ancient Greek statues.
Despite his outspoken opposition to Hitler and
National Socialism, Lippold retained his professorship at Erlangen
.
Selected publications
- Griechische Porträtstatuen, (Greek portrait statues), Munich 1912.
- Kopien und Umbildungen griechischer Statuen (Copies and transformations of Greek statues), Munich 1923.
- Griechische Plastik , Handbuch der Archäologie (Greek sculpture, Textbook of archaeology), Munich 1950.
References
- Dictionary of Art Historians (biography)
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