A late eighteenth-century engraving is the only surviving record of a vase painting that shows a very odd scene, possibly reflecting a fifth- or fourth-century B.C. comedy.

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Russian Icons And American Money, 1928-1938, Wendy Salmond Jan 2009

Russian Icons And American Money, 1928-1938, Wendy Salmond

Art Faculty Articles and Research

The article explores the marketing tactics and consumer expectations with regards to icons released in the street markets and provincial cities of Soviet Russia and acquired by American collectors from 1928-1938. These icons, including those from Byzantium in the tenth century, were seen as cultural commodities during the Russian revolution and the subsequent socialist construction. The Soviet apparatus Antikvariat was tasked with appraising the icon collections held by the Gosmuzeifond or the State Museum Reserve for exports.

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A Tripartite Pillared Building In Transjordan, Paul Z. Gregor Jan 2009

A Tripartite Pillared Building In Transjordan, Paul Z. Gregor

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Interpretation And Presentation Of A Multi-Period Site: The Case Of Tall Hisban, Oystein S. Labianca, Maria Elena Ronza Jan 2009

Interpretation And Presentation Of A Multi-Period Site: The Case Of Tall Hisban, Oystein S. Labianca, Maria Elena Ronza

Faculty Publications

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"Who Would Believe What We Have Heard?": Christian Spirituality And Images From The Passion In Religious Art Of New Spain, June-Ann Greeley Jan 2009

"Who Would Believe What We Have Heard?": Christian Spirituality And Images From The Passion In Religious Art Of New Spain, June-Ann Greeley

Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The colonial art of New Spain/Mexico provides the viewer with a locus of examination into the robust Christianity that emerged over time out of a native spirituality newly laden with the contours and images from the Old World theology of late medieval/early Catholic Reformation Spain. Franciscan and especially Jesuit missionaries, impelled by a devotional zealotry, championed an apocalyptic vision of hope and suff ering that was well suited for artistic expression. Religious art, whether or not patronized by European colonizers, became an instrument for the missionaries to teach and for the native artists to interrogate religious doctrine, and some artists, …

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Παρθενοι To Watch Out For? Looking At Female Couples In Vase-Painting And Lyric, Meryl Altman Jan 2009

Παρθενοι To Watch Out For? Looking At Female Couples In Vase-Painting And Lyric, Meryl Altman

English Faculty publications

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