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"As might be expected from the caliber of the contributors, this is
a first-rate collection of essays.... Like I, Claudia, this book
will appeal to many others besides classicists. The two volumes
will be a must for anyone interested in social history or women's
history; the treatment, style, and illustrations make this volume
accessible to general readers." -- Karl Galinsky, Floyd A. Cailloux
Centennial Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin
I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome-- an exhibition and catalog
produced by the Yale University Art Gallery-- provided the first
comprehensive study of the lives of Roman women as revealed in
Roman art. Responding to the popular success of the exhibit and
catalog, Diana E. E. Kleiner and Susan B. Matheson here gather ten
additional essays by specialists in art history, history, and
papyrology to offer further reflections on women in Roman society
based on the material evidence provided by art, archaeology, and
ancient literary sources.
In addition to the editors, the contributors are Cornelius C.
Vermeule, Rolf Winkes, Mary T. Boatwright, Susan Wood, Eve D'Ambra,
Andrew Oliver, Diana Delia, and Ann Ellis Hanson. Their essays,
illustrated with black-and-white photos of the art under
discussion, treat such themes as mothers and sons, marriage and
widowhood, aging, adornment, imperial portraiture, and
patronage.
A tour through the Yale University Art Gallery’s holdings of
American art, one of the most exceptional museum collections of its
kind This volume presents an engaging selection of highlights and
introduces readers to the richness and diversity of the Yale
University Art Gallery’s holdings of American art. An
introductory essay outlines pivotal moments in the
three-hundred-year history of collecting, exhibiting, and teaching
with American art at Yale and commemorates the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the Friends of American Arts at Yale, whose
support continues to ensure the excellence of the collection. The
more than one hundred object entries that follow create a narrative
that charts the multiplicity of experiences and accomplishments of
artists and artisans living and working in North America—from the
earliest days of European settlement to the present. Among the
catalogued objects are works by some of the best-known names in
American art as well as recent acquisitions and masterpieces that
represent diverse American identities. A dazzling range of media is
displayed, including paintings and sculpture, medals, prints and
drawings, photographs, jewelry, furniture, and decorative arts.
Each object is illustrated with a full-page image and is
accompanied by a one-page discussion that focuses on its
contribution to the history of American art. Â Â
Distributed for the Yale University Art Gallery
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