Hermann von Rohden (21 February 1852, in

Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first elect ...

– 21 February 1916, in

Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

) was a German educator and

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

known for his analyses of ancient Roman terracotta artifacts. He studied

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

and

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...

at the Universities of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

(1871/72) and

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

(1873/74). As a student, he was influenced by archaeologist

Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz (name at birth Kekulé, called Kekulé von Stradonitz only after 1889; 6 March 1839 – 23 March 1911) was a German archeologist. He has been called the founder of modern iconology (Langlotz). He served as director ...

, philologists

Franz Bücheler Franz Bücheler (3 June 18373 May 1908) was a German classical scholar, was born in Rheinberg, and educated at Bonn, where he was a student of Friedrich Ritschl (1806–1876). Biography In 1856 Bücheler graduated from the University of Bonn wi ...

and

Hermann Usener Hermann Karl Usener (23 October 1834 – 21 October 1905) was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion. Life Hermann Usener was born at Weilburg and educated at its Gymnasium. From 1853 he studied at Heidelberg, ...

and art historian

Anton Springer Anton Heinrich Springer (13 July 182531 May 1891) was a German art historian and writer. Early life Springer was born in Prague, where he studied philosophy and history at Charles University, earning a Ph.D. Taking an interest in art, he made sev ...

. Following graduation, with a travel grant from the

German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...

, he embarked on a study trip to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

and

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

. After his return to Germany, he worked as a schoolteacher in Hagenau, where in 1899 he attained the title of ''Gymnasialprofessor''.

Published works

* "De mundi miraculis quaestiones selectae", Bonn 1875 (dissertation). * ''Die Terracotten von Pompeji'', Stuttgart 1880 (Volume 1 of Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz: ''Die antiken Terracotten'') – The

terracotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta i ...

of Pompeii. * ''Zum Hermes des Praxiteles'', In: "Jahrbuch des Kaiserlichen Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts", Band 2 (1887) – On the

Hermes Hermes (; grc-gre, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orato ...

Praxiteles Praxiteles (; el, Πραξιτέλης) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attica sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no indubi ...

. * ''Die Panzerstatuen mit Reliefverzierung In: Bonner Studien. Aufsätze aus der Altertumswissenschaft'',(dedicated to the memory of Reinhard Kekulé's teaching activity in Bonn).

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

, 1890, pp. 1-20. "Panzer statues" with relief decoration. * ''Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten'', 1903 (Volumes 2 & 3 of ''Die antiken Terracotten'', with Reinhard Kekulé,

Franz Winter Franz Winter (4 February 1861 in Braunschweig – 11 February 1930 in Bonn) was a German archaeologist. He specialized in ancient Greek and Roman art, being particularly known for his analyses of individual statues, such as the Apollo Belvedere. ...

) – Types of figurative terracotta. * ''Architektonische römische Tonreliefs der Kaiserzeit'' (in collaboration with

Hermann Winnefeld Hermann Winnefeld (4 September 1862, Überlingen – 30 April 1918, Berlin) was a German classical archaeologist. He studied classics in Heidelberg and Bonn from 1881 to 1884, and subsequently became a research assistant at the ''Großherzog ...

). Berlin, 1911 – Architectural Roman clay reliefs of the Imperial Period.Bibliography of Hermann von Rohden
@ de.Wikisource He also made significant contributions to

August Baumeister Karl August Baumeister (24 April 1830, in Hamburg – 22 May 1922, in Munich) was a German educator and classical philologist. Biography From 1848 to 1852 he studied philology at the Universities of Göttingen and Erlangen, afterwards taking stu ...

's 3 volume "''Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums zur Erläuterung des Lebens der Griechen und Römer in Religion, Kunst und Sitte''" (Monuments of classical antiquity to illustrate the life of the Greeks and Romans in religion, art and customs).Google Search
Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums, etc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohden, Hermann von 1852 births 1916 deaths People from Wuppertal Leipzig University alumni University of Bonn alumni Archaeologists from North Rhine-Westphalia