Walter Andrae (February 18, 1875 – July 28, 1956) was a German archaeologist and architect born near Leipzig.
Career
Archaeologist
Andrae initially studied
architecture at the
TU Dresden, where he befriended a younger student,
Julius Jordan, with a life-changing effect on him.
[Heinrich J. Lenzen, "Jordan, Julius", in Neue Deutsche Biographie Vol. 10 (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1974, ), pp. 601–602]
In 1898, Andrae participated in an archaeological dig at Babylon under the leadership of Robert Koldewey (1855–1925). He played an influential role in the smuggling of the Ishtar Gate out of the country.
Museum curator and director
In 1921 Andrae became
curator of the
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, where from 1928 to 1951 he served as its director. Starting in 1923, he taught classes in architectural history at Technische Universität Berlin.
Published works
Among his better known writings were
Der wiedererstandene Assur, and the
autobiographical Lebenserinnerungen eines Ausgräbers (Memoirs of an excavator). Other publications by Andrae include:
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Der Anu-Adad-Tempel in Assur 1909
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Die Festungswerke von Assur 1913
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Die Stelenreihen in Assur 1913
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Die archaischen Ischtar-Tempel in Assur 1922
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Farbige Keramik aus Assur und ihre Vorstufen in altassyrischen Wandmalereien 1923
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Die Kunst des Alten Orients 1925
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Kultrelief an dem Brunnen des Assurtempels zu Assur 1931
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Die Partherstadt Assur (with Heinz Lenzen) 1933
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Die ionische Säule. Bauform oder Symbol? 1933
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Alte Festraßen im Nahen Osten 1941
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