Arthur Dale Trendall AC CMG (1909 – 1995) was a New Zealand-born Australian art historian and classical archaeologist whose work on identifying the work of individual artists on Greek ceramic vessels at Apulia and other sites earned him international prizes and a papal knighthood. Educated at the University of Otago (1926-29) and the University of Cambridge (1931-33), Trendall was professionally associated with the University of Sydney and Australian National University. He was Vice-Chancellor of the latter institution.[1]
In World War II he was a cryptographer at FRUMEL in Melbourne [2].
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In the New Years Honours of 1961, Trendall was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), in recognition of his service as Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University.[3]
On 20 July 1961 he was appointed Cavaliere Official Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.[4]
In the Australia Day Honours of 1976, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.[4]
[edit] Selected works
- Paestan Pottery. A Study of the Red-Figured Vases of Paestum (London 1936)
- Frühitaliotische Vasen. Bilder griechischer Vasen 12 (Leipzig 1938)
- Vasi antichi dipinti del Vaticano. Vasi italioti ed etruschi a figure rosse (Città del Vaticano 1953)
- Phlyax vases. 2. ed. (London 1967) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 19)
- The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily [2 Bde.] (Oxford 1967) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 26)
- with T. B. L. Webster: Illustrations of Greek drama (London 1971)
- Early South Italian vase-painting. Revised 1973 (Mainz 1974)
- The red-figured vases of Apulia, 1. Early and Middle Apulian (Oxford 1978)
- The red-figured vases of Apulia, 2. Late Apulian. Indexes (Oxford 1982)
- The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily. Third supplement. Consolidated (London 1983) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 41)
- with Alexander Cambitoglou: First supplement to the red-figured vases of Apulia (London 1983) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 42)
- with Ian McPhee: Greek red-figured fish-plates (Basel 1987) (Antike Kunst. Beihefte, 14)
- The red-figured vases of Paestum (Rom 1987)
- Red figure vases of South Italy and Sicily. A handbook. London, Thames and Hudson 1989 = Rotfigurige Vasen aus Unteritalien und Sizilien. Ein Handbuch. Mainz, Zabern 1991. ISBN 3-8053-1111-7
- with Ian McPhee: Addenda to "Greek red-figured fish-plates". In: Antike Kunst 33 (1990) 31-51
- with Alexander Cambitoglou: Second supplement to the red-figured vases of Apulia, 1-3 (London 1991-92) (University of London. Institute of Classical Studies. Bulletin supplements, 60)
[edit] Secondary Literature
- Alexander Cambitoglou (Hrsg.): Studies in honour of Arthur Dale Trendall (Sydney 1979)
- Arthur Dale Trendall. Bibliography 1934 – 1987. In: Greek colonists and native populations. Proceedings of the First Australian Congress of Classical Archaeology, Sydney 9 - 14 July 1985 (Canberra 1990) 649-655.
- The Times (London), 4. Dezember 1995
- John Richard Green, Ian McPhee: "Kein Wort von ihnen, schau und geh vorüber". Zum Tod von Arthur Dale Trendall. In: Antike Welt 27 (1996) 67-68.
- Henri Metzger: Arthur Dale Trendall, 1909 - 1995. In: Revue archéologique 1996, 411-413.
- L. Cozza Luzi: Arthur Dale Trendall, 1909 – 1995. In: Atti della Pontificia academia romana di Archeologia. Rendiconti 70 (1997-98) 321-322.
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