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The Judgement of Paris : An Excerpt on a Roman Relief Mirror
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Gilded bronze reliefs are characteristic of a group of Roman mirrors of otherwise simple design. Most of the mirrors are small, 9-12 cm in diameter; all have an unadorned, round, reflecting surface of polished high-tin ...
Cupids at the Circus : Missouri's Chariot Sarcophagus
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"One of the more peculiar and intriguing phenomena in Roman archaeology is the abrupt and still generally unexplained switch from cremation to inhumation that seems to have occurred throughout the Empire during the second ...
Molded Bowls from Tel Anafa and Elsewhere
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Ten seasons of excavation at Tel Anafa in Upper Galilee, 1968-70, 1972-1973, 1978-1981 and 1986, have shown the site to be one of the richest late Hellenistic settlements yet revealed. Among the copious finds were great ...
The Iconographic Implications in the Reconstructed Picenardi Altarpiece : A Typological Interpretation
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
"The present article supplements Norman Land's study by suggesting an iconographic program for the reconstructed Picenardi altarpiece. Building on the foundations of Land's argument, I contend that the formal and structural ...
The Missouri Murals : Studies for the State Capitol Decorations
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
"Mention the Missouri State Capitol and mural painting, and most people think of Thomas Hart Benton's famous work The Social History of Missouri, which he painted for the lounge of the House of Representatives from 1934 ...
The Identity Crisis of a Roman Empress
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2002)
A Pair of Cymbals and a Metalworker
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
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)
Tapping Hooves : Small Bronze Figures of Dance-Loving Pan
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2018)
"The goat-god Pan is one of the lesser gods of the Greek pantheon, but representations of him in ancient art are numerous and varied. In this article I discuss only one type, a group of small bronze figures of the god ...
"Ouch!" Inscribed Greek Sling Bullets in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
A Matter of Life and Death : "Reading" a Funerary Relief
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Funerary monuments from the eastern Roman Empire are both numerous and varied. The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the university of Missouri has a particularly interesting one -- a relief that commemorates a woman named ...
Obsidian Procurement at Pecica S ?an ?tul Mare, Romania
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
"Since its founding the Museum of Art and Archaeology has actively pursued archaeological field research projects and reported the results in Muse. Here we present the initial results of characterization studies on obsidian ...
Technique and Composition of the Tel Anafa Stucco
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
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 ...
Fifteen Years of the Missouri Folk Arts Graduate Internships
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2009)
In addition to a strong network of professional folklorists in the academy and public sector, Missouri is fortunate to have a
strong academic program of Folklore, Oral Tradition and Culture Studies Program in MU's Department ...
Missouri Folk Arts Program
(MU Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2010)
Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) staff
members are relieved, and excited, to have
wrapped up the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship
Program (TAAP). Over the course of the
last fiscal year, ...