Paul Zanker (born 7 February 1937) is the Professor of ''Storia dell’Arte Antica'' at the

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in Pisa. Previously he was ''Professor of Classical Archaeology'' at the

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(1976–2002) and the

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(1972–1976).Zanker, P. (1988) ''The power of images in the age of Augustus''. Translated by Alan Shapiro. Ann Arbor:

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(Jerome Lectures 16), cover notes. He is a noted expert on Roman art and archaeology and a member of the

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, corresponding Fellow of the

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, of the

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, of the

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, the

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and of the

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. From 1990 to 1991 he was the

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. Zanker is head of the German Commission for the

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Selected publications

Publications in German: * ''Wandel der Hermesgestalt in der attischen Vasenmalerei''. Habelt, Bonn 1965. reiburg i. Br., Univ., Diss., 1962* ''Forum Augustum. Das Bildprogramm''. Wasmuth, Tübingen 1968 * ''Forum Romanum. Die Neugestaltung durch Augustus'', Wasmuth, Tübingen 1968 * ''Klassizistische Statuen. Studien zur Veränderung des Kunstgeschmacks in der römischen Kaiserzeit'', von Zabern, Mainz 1974 reiburg i.Br., Univ., Habil.-Schr.* ''Studien zu den Augustus-Porträts, Band 1: Der Actium-Typus''. Göttingen 1973. (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse ; Folge 3, 85) * ''Provinzielle Kaiserporträts. Zur Rezeption der Selbstdarstellung des Princeps''. München 1983. (Abhandlungen / Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse N.F. 90) * ''Augustus und die Macht der Bilder'', C.H. Beck, München 1987 (auch: Leipzig, Koehler & Amelang 1987); 4. Auflage, 2003. * ''Die Trunkene Alte. Das Lachen der Verhöhnten'', Fischer, Frankfurt/Main 1988 * ''Pompeji. Stadtbild und Wohngeschmack'', von Zabern, Mainz 1995 ( Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, Bd. 61) * Hrsg., mit

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: ''Stadtbild und Bürgerbild im Hellenismus (

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. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte Band 47)''. C. H. Beck Verlag, München 1995, * ''Die Maske des Sokrates. Das Bild des Intellektuellen in der Antiken Kunst'', C.H. Beck, München 1995 * ''Eine Kunst für die Sinne. Zur Bildwelt des Dionysos und der Aphrodite'', Wagenbach, Berlin 1998 * (mit Björn Christian Ewald): ''Mit Mythen leben. Die Bilderwelt der römischen Sarkophage'', Hirmer, München 2004 * ''Die Apotheose der römischen Kaiser. Ritual und städtische Bühne''. München, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung 2004. Publications in English: *''The power of images in the age of Augustus''. Translated by Alan Shapiro. Ann Arbor:

(Jerome Lectures 16), 1988.

References

Living people 1937 births People from Konstanz Archaeologists from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German historians Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts German male non-fiction writers Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Academic staff of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa 21st-century German historians {{Germany-archaeologist-stub