The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome

by Larissa Bonfante and Helen Nagy

The foundation of the American Academy in Rome dates back more than one hundred years to the early decades of the last century. Over the years, the Academy has acquired a study collection of material goods from antiquity, including coins, statues and figurines, lamps, stucco and other architectural fragments, jewelry, and inscriptions. While most are Roman in origin, some pieces are Greek or Etruscan. Some were gifts, others come from long-ago excavations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472119893
• ISBN13: 9780472119899
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 11.1"