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The Past is Present: The Kempner Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum
Carla Antonaccio
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Paperback. The catalog of a major collection of ancient Mediterranean art Editor(s): Antonaccio, Carla Maria; Dillon, Sheila. Num Pages: 236 pages, 302 illustrations, including 22 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACG; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 734. The Kempner Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum. 236 pages, 302 illustrations, including 22 in colour. Editor(s): Antonaccio, Carla Maria; Dillon, Sheila. The catalog of a major collection of ancient Mediterranean art. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACG; AGC. Dimension: 267 x 211 x 13. Weight: 734.
In 2006, the collection of 224 antiquities assembled by Walter Kempner, M.D. was donated to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University by Barbara Newborg, M.D. Ranging from the 3rd millennium to the 3rd century B.C.E., the collection includes Mediterranean antiquities such as Cycladic marble artifacts; Greek ceramics attributed to significant Athenian painters, including the Kleophrades Painter, the Athenian Painter, and the Matsch Painter; and carved amber likely from an Etruscan workshop. In The Past Is Present, scholars and Duke University students present the collection, including many objects that have never been published before, and discuss its significance for ... Read more
In 2006, the collection of 224 antiquities assembled by Walter Kempner, M.D. was donated to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University by Barbara Newborg, M.D. Ranging from the 3rd millennium to the 3rd century B.C.E., the collection includes Mediterranean antiquities such as Cycladic marble artifacts; Greek ceramics attributed to significant Athenian painters, including the Kleophrades Painter, the Athenian Painter, and the Matsch Painter; and carved amber likely from an Etruscan workshop. In The Past Is Present, scholars and Duke University students present the collection, including many objects that have never been published before, and discuss its significance for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Durham, NC, United States
ISBN
9780938989356
SKU
V9780938989356
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About Carla Antonaccio
Carla M. Antonaccio is Professor of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Duke University. Co-Director of excavations at the Sicilian site of Morgantina, she is the author of An Archaeology of Ancestors. Sheila Dillon is Associate Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University. She is the author of The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World ... Read more
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