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Folk Arts: When Tradition Meets Technology
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
When people think about “traditional
arts,” people don't tend to think “technology.” Some would even say there is a tension between the two. However, the number of people who turn to the internet to learn more about the ...
A.B. Lord Fellowship in Oral Tradition
(2011)
Announcement of the first recipient of the the A.B. Lord Fellowship in Oral Tradition....
Fallen Angel : A Case Study in Architectural Ornamentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Mysteries and Histories in an Orthodox Triptych
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
The Departure of the Commedia dell'Arte from Paris in 1697 : A Copy of a Lost Watteau
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2018)
Family Tradition
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2013)
Three generations of the Cornett family made quilts that tell a story of European settlement in Missouri....
Domenico Morone's Man of Sorrows and Madonna of Humility : Columbia's "Cloth of Humility"
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2012)
Roman Black-Gloss Pottery from the Capitoline Museums at the University of Missouri : A New 3D Scanning Project for Use Wear Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Authenticating a Portrait of the Young Hadrian
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"Since its acquisition nearly thirty years ago, scholars have occasionally posed questions regarding the authenticity of the Museum of Art and Archaeology's portrait of the youthful emperor Hadrian. These disputes revolve around a number of copies...
Markings on Silver : The Study of a Byzantine Silver Dish
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
"In the study of ancient artifacts, a question that constantly plagues researchers concerns the establishment of provenance. While many works of art have documents listing their history of ownership, such written evidence rarely accompanies ancient...
Encountering the Anten-nalope
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2013)
"Nam June Paik (1932�2006) encourages viewers of his Anten-nalope (1996) to meditate on transformations in human communication in response to technological change. Hearkening back to Stone Age artists, who used ground rock, ...
"Halfway between two shores�" : Rolando Este?vez's La Silla
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
Missouri, Heart of the Nation Art, Commerce, and Civic Pride
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2014)
's fountain greets visitors to St. Louis as they arrive at and depart from Union Station. The fountain symbolizes the confluence of two mighty rivers, the Mississippi and the Missouri, and heralds the importance of these rivers for the mythos of Missouri...
Francesco Vanni's The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt : Meaning and Technique in Counter-Reformation Siena
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
"One of the great treasures in the Museum of Art and Archaeology's collection of Old Master drawings is a beautifully finished sheet related to an altarpiece by the Sienese artist Francesco Vanni. Some scholars have attributed it to Vanni himself...
An Old Nurse from Egypt
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
Andrea Vaccaro's David and an Outline of Vaccaro's Early Career
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"In 2014, at the suggestion of Ian Kennedy, Jeffrey Wilcox -- then registrar of the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri, Columbia -- sent me images of a powerful David with the Head of Goliath. I realized immediately...
The Uncertain Authenticity of an "Etruscan" Bronze Statuette
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2014)
, these examinations show that there are some significant stylistic and compositional problems with this Missouri statuette that raise serious doubts about its authenticity. The article proposes that instead of being ancient, the statuette is a modern forgery made...