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Tigers�and the Kishi School of Japanese Painting
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1989)
"This tenth-century Japanese poem, curiously similar to the western admonition about telling a tiger by its stripes, might be applied to the tradition of tiger painting in Japan -- it is much more than a topography of dots ...
Kalavasos - Kopetra : 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1988)
Two Turquoise Gems from Iran
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1980)
A Daedalic Sampler
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1981)
"In the seventh century B.C., Greek art passed through a phase between Geometric and Archaic, a phase first defined by R. Jenkins and named by him the "Dedalic style," a style which is best understood by the modeling of ...
Investigations at Mirobriga, Portugal in 1981
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1981)
"At the invitation of the Portuguese government, the Department of Art History and Archaeology of the University of Missouri initiated the first Portuguese-American archaeological project at the site of ancient Mirobriga ...
Conservation of a Coptic Tunic Fragment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1983)
"In 1979 the Museum acquired half of a Coptic tunic as a gift. It arrived in the Museum neatly folded in a padded envelope measuring 10 x 14 inches. Upon inspection, the fabric appeared to be relatively supple, and it was ...
In the Pasture of the Gods
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1987)
"Centuries before the high summer of classical Greece, an earlier flowering of Greek culture occurred during the Geometric period. As part of larger social changes including the shaping of city-states, contact with ...
An Etruscan Lasa Mirror
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1985)
"The Museum of Art and Archaeology recently received the gift of an Etruscan engraved bronze mirror. It complements two related Etruscan objects acquired earlier by the museum: a rare bone mirror handle, carved with figures ...
A Late Coptic Tunic
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1983)
The Baptism of Christ by Hans Rottenhammer
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986)
"In 1604, when Karel van Mander published the first critical assessment of the art of Hans Rottenhammer -- then in his fortieth year -- he emphasized those qualities of grace and refinement with which the artist's name has ...
Cyprus at the End of Antiquity : Investigations at KaIavasos-Kopetra
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1987)
"The Mediterranean world of the fourth through seventh centuries saw one of the most momentous turning points of Western history. Fundamental changes occurred at all levels of Late Roman society and involved basic revaluations ...
Deciphering the Mississippi River Iconography of Frederick Oakes Sylvester
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986)
"When Frederick Oakes Sylvester (1869-1915) arrived in St. Louis in 1892 he brought with him an imagination already piqued by the mysteries of the Mississippi River. He became acquainted with the river in 1891 while working ...
The Naukratis Project : 1982
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1982)
"During the summer of 1982, the Naukratis Project conducted its fourth season of archaeological excavation and survey in a 30 km. area to the north and west of the ancient city of Naukratis (modern Kom Ge'if) in the western ...
A Signed Roman Glass Juglet
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986)
Ancient Glass Perfume Vases : The Collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1985)
A Boar Hunt by the Curtius Painter
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1982)
The Dozing Duck : A Rare Plastic Vase
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1984)
Two Aspects of Baroque Painting in Italy
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1982)
"The term "Baroque" -- almost invariably used to describe Italian painting of the seventeenth century -- brings to mind a grand, theatrical style, alive with movement and color, in a setting of almost overwhelming richness. ...
The So-Called Temple of Aesculapius at Mirobriga
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1985)
A Nepalese Wedding Ceremony Vessel
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1985)