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Ancient Marbles to American Shores
Classical Archaeology in the United States
by Stephen L. Dyson
ISBN: 0812234464
ISBN-13: 9780812234466
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Published date: 1998
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 323
Publisher's Notes
The book explores the ways American contact with the monuments of Greece and Rome affected the national consciousness. It discusses how the spread of classical style laid the groundwork for the development of the discipline after the Civil War and examines the period before World War I, when most of the institutions that led to the establishment of the discipline, as well as the first generation of American classical archaeologists, were created. It looks at the role classical archaeology played in the development of the American art museum since the later nineteenth century and considers changes in American classical archaeology from World War II to the mid-1970s.
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