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A Type Γ Courting Scene For Alan: The Spitzer Amphora At Bryn Mawr College, Robert F. Sutton
A Type Γ Courting Scene For Alan: The Spitzer Amphora At Bryn Mawr College, Robert F. Sutton
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship
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A Century Of Self-Expression: Modern American Art In The Collection Of John And Joanne Payson, Students Of Exhibiting Modern Art 360 2013-2014, Laurette Mccarthy, John Payson, Joanne Payson, Brian Wallace
A Century Of Self-Expression: Modern American Art In The Collection Of John And Joanne Payson, Students Of Exhibiting Modern Art 360 2013-2014, Laurette Mccarthy, John Payson, Joanne Payson, Brian Wallace
Books, pamphlets, catalogues, and scrapbooks
A catalogue of the exhibition held at Bryn Mawr College February 28-June 1, 2014.
Review: Paolo De Matteis: Neapolitan Painting And Cultural History In Baroque Europe By Livio Pestilli, David Cast
Review: Paolo De Matteis: Neapolitan Painting And Cultural History In Baroque Europe By Livio Pestilli, David Cast
History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship
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Stroboscopic: Andy Warhol And The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Homay King
Stroboscopic: Andy Warhol And The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, Homay King
History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship
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To Die With The Buddha: The Brick Pagoda And Its Role In The Xuezhuang Tomb In Early Medieval China, Jie Shi
To Die With The Buddha: The Brick Pagoda And Its Role In The Xuezhuang Tomb In Early Medieval China, Jie Shi
History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship
The important late fifth- or early sixth-century brick tomb at Xuezhuang in Dengxian (Henan) features a brick form at the rear wall, which remained mysterious until it has recently been shown to represent a Buddhist pagoda. This discovery sheds light on the purpose of the burial chamber, featuring the novel combination of vaulted ceiling, colonnade, and pagoda, as simulating an Indian-derived Buddhist temple (caitya). To reinforce this Buddhist context, the burial chamber simultaneously imitates the structure of a Buddhist votive stele (zaoxiangbei 造像碑), in which various Buddhist images, including the Buddha and bodhisattvas, apsaras, worshippers, and guardians, are carefully organized. …
Incorporating All For One: The First Emporer’S Tomb Mound, Jie Shi
Incorporating All For One: The First Emporer’S Tomb Mound, Jie Shi
History of Art Faculty Research and Scholarship
The towering earthen mound standing at the center of the First Emperor of Qin, Qin Shihuangdi’s (259–210 B.C.E.) Lishan necropolis at present-day Lintong in Xi’an, Shaanxi province was arguably the single greatest burial marker in ancient China. For centuries, this
gigantic unopened monument has sparked curiosity and aroused interest among people regarding its nature. Without physically damaging the target, in 2001–2003 Chinese archaeologists used a new geophysical remote sensor to scan the surface of the mound, digitally probed into its inner structure, and detected a nine-stepped wall that bounds an aboveground burial shaft stretching down deep into the ground. This …