Ingeborg Scheibler (born 31 August 1929 in

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) is a German classical archaeologist. Ingeborg Scheibler was granted her doctorate at the

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on 17 April 1956 by Bernhard Schweitzer for her thesis ''Studien zur Komposition der frühgriechischen Flächenkunst. Die symmetrische Bildform und ihre Geschichte'' (Studies on the Composition of Early Greek Two-Dimensional Art: Symmetrical motifs and their history). In 1956/7 she received the Reisestipendium des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Subsequently, she was active in the

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excavation. She achieved her

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in 1971 at the

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with her work ''Griechische Lampen (aus dem Kerameikos)'' (Greek Lamps of the Kerameikos). In Munich she was head conservator at the Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke and taught as a professor extraordinary. Schiebler deals in particular with Greek pottery and painting, as well as art history. Her monograph, ''Griechische Töpferkunst'' (Greek Ceramic Art) is a standard reference work and has also been translated into

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. As a noted expert on the production of Greek pottery and its economic, technical, and stylistic background, Scheibler was also responsible for a great part of the articles on these themes in

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and the Lexikon der Alten Welt. She is a corresponding member of the

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Publications

* ''Die symmetrische Bildform in der frühgriechischen Flächenkunst'' (Symmetrical motifs in Early Greek Two-Dimensional Art), Lassleben, Kallmünz 1960. * ''Griechische Lampen'' (Greek Lamps), de Gruyter, Berlin 1976 (Kerameikos, Bd. 11) * ''Griechische Töpferkunst. Herstellung, Handel und Gebrauch der antiken Tongefässe'' (Greek Ceramic Art: Production, trade, and use of ancient pottery), C. H. Beck, München 1983 (Becks archäologische Bibliothek) (2nd Edition, 1995; Italian: ''Il vaso in Grecia'', Longanesi, Mailand 2004 (Biblioteca di archeologia, Bd. 34) ) * ''Griechische Malerei der Antike'' (Greek Painting in Antiquity), C. H. Beck, München 1994

References

German classical archaeologists German women archaeologists Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Scholars of ancient Greek pottery 1929 births Living people Archaeologists from North Rhine-Westphalia People from Krefeld {{Germany-archaeologist-stub