George Niemann (12 July 1841,

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– 19 February 1912,

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) was a German-Austrian architect and archaeologist. From 1860 to 1864 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Hannover, then relocated to Vienna, where he worked as an assistant to architect

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. In 1872 he was named professor of architectural theory of design and perspective at the

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(short biography) George Niemann and Otto Benndorf

With

Alexander Conze Alexander Christian Leopold Conze (10 December 1831 – 19 July 1914) was a German archaeologist, who specialized in ancient Greek art. He was a native of Hanover, and studied at the universities of Göttingen and Berlin. In 1855 he obtained his ...

and Otto Benndorf, he conducted archaeological research at

Samothrace Samothrace (also known as Samothraki, el, Σαμοθράκη, ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is long and is in size and has a population of 2,859 (2011 ...

(1873, 1875), and in 1881/82 with Benndorf, he worked at excavation sites in

Lycia Lycia ( Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is ...

and

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(

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). In 1884/85 he participated in

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's archaeological expedition to Asia Minor, and from 1896 to 1902 he took part in the excavations at Ephesus.Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology
by Nancy Thomson de Grummond Renowned as an architectural artist, he was the creator of highly regarded reconstruction drawings of numerous archaeological structures, such as; the

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and

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and the

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. He also produced a reconstructive drawing of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma for

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and drew the

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for

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. Just prior to his death he produced a reconstruction of the

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from

Xanthos Xanthos ( Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', el, Ξάνθος, Latin: ''Xanthus'', Turkish: ''Ksantos'') was an ancient major city near present-day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey. The remains of Xanthos lie on a hill on the left b ...

Selected works

* ''Archäologische Untersuchungen auf Samothrake'' (1875) – Archaeological investigations at Samothrace. * ''Reisen im südwestlichten Kleinasien'' (1884), with Otto Benndorf – Journey to southwestern Asia Minor. * ''Handbuch der Linear-Perspektive für bildende Künstler'' (1884) – Handbook of linear perspective for visual artists. * ''Das Heroon von Gjölbaschi-Trysa'' (1889), with Otto Benndorf – The Heroon of Trysa. * ''Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens'' (1890), with

Eugen Petersen Eugen Adolf Hermann Petersen (16 August 1836 in Heiligenhafen – 14 December 1919 in Hamburg) was a German classical archaeologist and philologist. He studied classical philology at the universities of Kiel and Bonn, where his influences wer ...

and Karol Lanckoroński – Cities of

Pamphylia Pamphylia (; grc, Παμφυλία, ''Pamphylía'') was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey). It was bounded on the north b ...

und

Pisidia Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of Ant ...

. * ''Theophilos Hansen und seine Werke'' (1893), with Ferdinand Fellner von Feldegg – Theophil Hansen and his work. * ''Das monvment von Adamklissi, Tropaevm Traiana'' (1895), with Grigore George Tocilescu – The monument of

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. * ''Ara Pacis Avgvstae'' (1902), with Eugen Petersen –

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. * ''Der Palast Diokletians in Spalato'' (1910) – The

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published works

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