Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector (Loeb Classical Monographs)
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674428374 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Carmen Arnold-Biucchi is Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins at the Harvard Art Museums and Lecturer on the Classics at Harvard University.Martin Beckmann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at McMaster University.
Carmen Arnold-Biucchi is Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins at the Harvard Art Museums and Lecturer on the Classics at Harvard University.Martin Beckmann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at McMaster University.
It originates in the Harvard Art Museums 2011 Ilse and Leo Mildenberg interdisciplinary symposium celebrating the acquisition of Margarete Bieber's coin collection. Dismissed by the Nazis, she came to the United States and taught at Columbia. The papers examine the function of Greek and Roman portraiture and the importance of coins for its identification and interpretation. The authors are scholars from different backgrounds and present case studies from their individual fields of expertise: sculpture, public monuments, coins, and literary sources.Sculpture and Coi