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OverviewJames Loeb (1867–1933), one of the great patrons and philanthropists of his time, left many enduring legacies both to America, where he was born and educated, and to his ancestral Germany, where he spent the second half of his life. Organized in celebration of the sesquicentenary of his birth, the James Loeb Biennial Conferences were convened to commemorate his achievements in four areas: the Loeb Classical Library (2017), collection and connoisseurship (2019), and after pandemic postponement, psychology and medicine (2023), and music (2025). The subject of the second conference was Loeb's deep and multifaceted engagement with the material culture of the ancient world as a scholar, connoisseur, collector, and curator. The volume's contributors range broadly over the manifold connections and contexts, both personal and institutional, of Loeb's archaeological interests, and consider these in light of the long history of collection and connoisseurship from antiquity to the present. Their essays also reflect on the contemporary significance of Loeb's work, as the collections he shaped continue to be curated and studied in today's rapidly evolving environment for the arts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Henderson , Richard F. Thomas , Susanne Ebbinghaus , Florian KnaussPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674278783ISBN 10: 067427878 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 21 February 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJeffrey Henderson is William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Boston University. Richard F. Thomas is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics at Harvard University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |