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The Classical Collection: The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art The University of Chicago

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art; Gloria Ferrari; C. M. Nielsen; K. Olson

Synopsis:
The Smart Museum's Classical collection began developing in the 1890s and now consists of approximately eight hundred pieces, including large-scale statuary and floor mosaics, vases, figurines, coins, lamps, and other utensils. The first extensive study of the Smart's collection, this catalogue presents a selection of the museum's antiquities and provides a historiographical introduction that traces the formation of the collection in relationship to the pedagogical ideas of the University of Chicago.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2002, Softcover - 2001, Softcover - 2001, Softcover - 2001, Softcover - 2000, Softcover - 1999, 1998, Hardcover - 1998, Softcover - 1998, Softcover - 1998