Gabriel Millet
{{Short description|French archaeologist and historian (1867–1953)}}
{{Other uses|Millet (surname)}}
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Gabriel Millet (17 April 1867 – 8 May 1953) was a French archaeologist and historian.
Biography
After he passed his agrégation of history in 1891, Gabriel Millet became a member of the French School at Athens, then director of the École pratique des hautes études in religious sciences in 1899, and professor at the Collège de France in 1927.
A voyager, he travelled throughout Europe, Greece, Macedonia, the Balkans. In 1906 Gabriel Millet, Vladimir Petković and Josef Strzygowski began research on Serbian painting, which they "acclaimed it to be among the finest creations of medieval Europe".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCPx0R1TqOMC&q=Gabriel+Millet+in+serbia&pg=PA261|title = The Art of Ajanta and Sopoćani: A Comparative Study : An Enquiry in Prāṇa Aesthetics|isbn = 9788120809901|last1 = Upadhya|first1 = Om Datt|year = 1994}} After the trip he wrote books, including his university thesis, on the findings of his research in Serbia.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/40224981|title = Gabrijel Mije i istraživanja stare srpske arhitekture, katalog izložbe, ed. D. Preradović, Beograd 2019|journal = Gabrijel Mije I Istraživanja Stare Srpske Arhitekture, Katalog Izložbe, ed. D. Preradović|last1 = Špehar|first1 = Olga|last2 = Preradovic|first2 = Dubravka}}
Millet was the author of numerous books on Byzantine art. In 1930, in collaboration with Louis Bréhier, he led an archaeological mission to Mount Athos. He founded the series "Archives d'Athos" at the College de France, under the patronage of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Academy of Athens.
Later, Gabriel Millet led two more Serbian archaeological missions of 1934 and 1935, sponsored by the French Government in collaboration with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. All practical difficulties such as transportation, supplies, scaffolding, were ironed out in that journey thanks to the energy and kindness of his long-time friends, professor of art Đurađ Bošković, his wife and colleagues, including Vladimir Petković and Milan Kašanin.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/40224981|title = Gabrijel Mije i istraživanja stare srpske arhitekture, katalog izložbe, ed. D. Preradović, Beograd 2019|journal = Gabrijel Mije I Istraživanja Stare Srpske Arhitekture, Katalog Izložbe, ed. D. Preradović|last1 = Špehar|first1 = Olga|last2 = Preradovic|first2 = Dubravka}}
See also
References
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External links
- The Gabriel Millet Digital Collection at the Index of Medieval Art [https://ima.princeton.edu/digital-image-collections/collection/millet/intro]
- [http://www.arthistorians.info/milletg Millet, Gabriel] in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/crai_0065-0536_1953_num_97_2_10092 Éloge funèbre de M. Gabriel Millet, membre ordinaire]
- [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rebyz_0766-5598_1954_num_12_1_1112 Obituary]
- [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/crai_0065-0536_1957_num_101_4_10806 Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Gabriel Millet, membre de l'Académie]
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