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The Smart Museum's Classical collection began developing in the 1890s and now consists of approximately eight hundred pieces, including large-scale statuary and floor mosaics, vases, figurines, coins, lamps, and other utensils. The first extensive study of the Smart's collection, this catalogue presents a selection of the museum's antiquities and provides a historiographical introduction that traces the formation of the collection in relationship to the pedagogical ideas of the University of Chicago. Serving as a factual and functional guide, this catalogue serves classicists and art historians, as well as the museum's many visitors.

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Author:   Gloria Ferrari ,  Christina M. Nielsen ,  Kelly Olson
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 2.10cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.60cm
Weight:   1.077kg
ISBN:  

9780935573251

ISBN 10:   0935573259
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Gloria Ferrari is professor emerita of classical archaeology and art at Harvard University. Her many books include Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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