The cerebral and irrational tenets of Surrealism find their ancestry in the clever and whimsical disregard for tradition fostered by Dadaism a decade earlier.
complex Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) (1915–23; Philadelphia
From Kourion, Cyprus (Cesnola, Atlas III, pl. XLIV, 4) Before 1874, excavated by Luigi Palma di Cesnola at Kourion, Cyprus; until 1874, collection of L.P. di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L
of His 75th Birthday pp. 301–02, 304-05, figs. 19.15, 19.16. 19.19, 19.20-.23, Philadelphia
A collaboration reveals new research on an archaic Greek sphinx finial at The Met.
conversation about the art of writing Lesley Ma February 28 Video Considering the Philadelphia
New York, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
1960, excavated under the direction of Robert H. Dyson Jr. on behalf of the Hasanlu Project sponsored by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, the Archaeological Service of Iran, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired by the Museum in 1961, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
Philadelphia: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, pl. 31.
Until 1924, collection of Alexandre Merle de Massonneau, who acquired material from the Caucasus area of south Russia and Crimea in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Leskov 2008, p. 1); acquired by the Museum in 1924, purchased from the Massonneau collection in Paris by John Marshall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s agent in Europe
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, p
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Museum of American Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Scotland, Philadelphia
All relics bestowed honor and privileges upon the possessor, and monasteries and cathedrals sought to hold the most prestigious. Some relics were even stolen from one church, only to find a new home in another.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.
1872–1974) 1913 American Helmet Model No. 5 Hale & Kilburn Company (American, Philadelphia
