The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome (Supplements To The Memoirs of The American Academy in Rome) - Hardcover

Bonfante, Larissa; Nagy, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0472119893 ISBN 13: 9780472119899

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2016

Synopsis

The foundation of the American Academy in Rome dates back more than one hundred years to the early decades of the last century. Over the years, the Academy has acquired a study collection of material goods from antiquity, including coins, statues and figurines, lamps, stucco and other architectural fragments, jewelry, and inscriptions. While most are Roman in origin, some pieces are Greek or Etruscan. Some were gifts, others come from long-ago excavations, a few were bought. The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome, the latest addition to the Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome series, focuses on highlights of the collection. Sections of the work are written by area specialists, with introductory material contributed by volume editors Larissa Bonfante and Helen Nagy, both of whom have published widely in archaeology and art history.

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About the Author

Larissa Bonfante is Professor of Classics Emerita at New York University. She has spent many summers undertaking research at the American Academy in Rome. Helen Nagy is Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Puget Sound, where she taught Ancient and Medieval Art History and Humanities.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472119893
• ISBN 13: 9780472119899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408