Karl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889,

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) was a German archaeologist who specialized in

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Biography

He was born in Nordhausen. He studied at the Academy of Architecture in Berlin, and was afterwards appointed an instructor in the School of Design of the Industrial Institute there. In 1844 he was appointed a professor of tectonics (architectonics) at the Academy of Architecture.ADB:Bötticher, Karl
@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie In 1853 he received his doctorate from the

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, and later worked as a lecturer at the

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(until 1862). In 1868 he was appointed director of the sculpture department at the Berlin Museum.

Works

His chief work is the "''Tektonik der Hellenen''" (Architectonics of the Greeks; 1844–52), a contribution to the study of

Ancient Greek architecture Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greek-speaking people (''Hellenic'' people) whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC unti ...

. Others of his works are: * ''Holzarchitektur des Mittelalters'' (Wooden architecture of the Middle Ages; 1835–41). * ''Das grab des Dionysos. An der marmorbasis zu Dresden'', (1858). * ''Der Omphalos des Zeus zu Delphi'', (1859) * ''Bericht über die Untersuchungen auf der

Akropolis An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, ...

in Athen'' (1863). * ''Der Zophoros am

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'' (1875).OCLC WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by Karl Bötticher * ''Die Thymele der Athena Nike auf der Akropolis von Athen'' (1880).

Notes

References

* * Breitschmid, Markus. ''Can architectural art-form be designed out of construction? Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin: a sketch of various investigations on the nature of "Tectonic" in nineteenth-century architectural theory'', (Blacksburg: Architecture Edition, 2004). 1806 births 1889 deaths Archaeologists from Thuringia People of the Antikensammlung Berlin Directors of museums in Germany People from Nordhausen, Thuringia Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities {{Germany-architect-stub