| The Past Is Present: The Kempner Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Contributor(s): Antonaccio, Carla M. (Editor), Dillon, Sheila (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0938989359 ISBN-13: 9780938989356 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - Art | History - Ancient & Classical - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 700.74 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.3" W x 10.6" (1.60 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 art history, classics, museum studies, and archaeology. The introductory essay by Kimerly Rorschach, Director of the Nasher Museum, discusses the gift in the context of current issues surrounding the acquisition of antiquities and the aims of university museums. Contributors Publication of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University |