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The Classical Collection of the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago
Contributor(s): Ferrari, Gloria (Editor), Nielsen, Christina M. (Editor), Olson, Kelly (Editor)
ISBN: 0935573259     ISBN-13: 9780935573251
Publisher: Smart Museum of Art, the University of C
OUR PRICE:   $38.61  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 1999
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Annotation: 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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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General
Dewey: 709.380
LCCN: 98-33713
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 8.22" W x 10.45" (2.37 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Great Lakes
- Cultural Region - Heartland
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
 
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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.