Paolo Moreno (30 October 1934 – 5 March 2021) was an Italian archeologist, art historian, and university professor.[1]

Paolo Moreno
Born30 October 1934
Died5 March 2021(2021-03-05) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Archeologist
Art Historian

Biography

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Born in Udine in 1934, Moreno graduated from the University of Bari. He then attended the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens and the Scuola Nazionale di Archeologia. During his academic career, he directed the Institute of Archeology at the University of Bari and became a lecturer on ancient art at Roma Tre University. He was an editor at Enciclopedia dell'arte antica classica e orientale, published by the Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia [it]. He wrote several hundred studies on ancient art.

Paolo Moreno died in Rome on 5 March 2021 at the age of 86.[2]

Publications

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  • Vita e arte di Lisippo (1987)
  • Pittura greca, Da Polignoto ad Apelle (1987)
  • Lisippo. L'arte e la fortuna (1995)
  • Apelle. La battaglia di Alessandro (2000)
  • I Bronzi di Riace. Il Maestro di Olimpia e i Sette a Tebe (2002)
  • Il genio differente, Alla scoperta della maniera antica (2002)
  • I marmi antichi della Galleria Borghese, La collezione archeologica di Camillo e Francesco Borghese (2003)
  • Alessandro Magno (2004)
  • La bellezza classica, Guida al piacere dell'antico (2008)

References

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  1. ^ "È morto l'archeologo Paolo Moreno: identificò i Bronzi di Riace e il Satiro". La Repubblica (in Italian). 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Archaeology great Moreno, who studied Riace Bronzes, dies". ANSAmed. 5 March 2021.