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Wine-making in the South Caucasus
by Karen Rubinson | 01/16/2019
Research Associate Karen Rubinson traveled to Georgia and Armenia to conduct research for the Library's South Caucasus digital publications initiative and recounts here the area's fascinating history of winemaking in vessels known as qvevri.
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Object History and Significance: The Cameo of Jupiter (Chartres)
by reh390@nyu.edu | 12/21/2018
The current exhibition Devotion and Decadence features many remarkable archaeological finds, but some masterpieces of ancient art were consistently saved as luxury objects from the time of their creation. Cameos, for example, were frequently preserved and passed through different collections from the ancient world to the present. In the case of the Cameo of Jupiter (The Cameo of Chartres), its fourteenth-century mount tells us something about the object’s history as well as its changing significance over time.
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ISAW Hosts Conference on "The Archaeology of Neighborhood Life: Concepts, Communities, and Change"
by jd4016@nyu.edu | 12/19/2018
On December 14th, ISAW hosted a one-day conference on “The Archaeology of Neighborhood Life: Concepts, Communities, and Change” which brought together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds — Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Art History, Classics, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations — who are all contributing to a growing interest in the communal and cultural aspects of ancient urban districts.
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A Guggenheim's Works & Process Commission Inspired by ISAW's Upcoming Exhibition
by mp4071@nyu.edu | 12/18/2018
On April 28 and 29, Works & Process costume designers will perform a dance and costume commission inspired by our upcoming spring 2019 exhibition, "Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes."
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CAA Announces Milette Gaifman and Lillian Lan-ying Tseng as Co-editors of The Art Bulletin
by mp4071@nyu.edu | 12/11/2018
Associate Professor of East Asian Art and Archaeology Lillian Tseng was appointed co-editor of the CAA's The Art Bulletin.
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ISAW Members Attend the Joint AIA/SCS Conference
by Patrick J. Burns | 12/10/2018
It is the time of year again for the joint annual meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies, which will be held January 3-6, 2019 in San Diego. Members of the ISAW community, present and past, can be found throughout the program. Here’s your guide to ISAW presentations and activities at AIA/SCS 2019.
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"Devotion and Decadence" in the New York Review of Books
by mp4071@nyu.edu | 12/07/2018
James Romm says of the objects in Devotion and Decadence: "...the silver splendors of this Gallic shrine can be seen for the next month in a sumptuous exhibition."
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Former VRS Martin Worthington Produces the World's First Film in Babylonian
by mp4071@nyu.edu | 12/03/2018
Martin Worthington, Senior Lecturer in Assyriology at the University of Cambridge, produced a film entirely in Babylonian — a language that hasn't been spoken for some 2,000 years.
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"Devotion and Decadence" in The New York Times!
by mp4071@nyu.edu | 11/28/2018
ISAW's fall exhibition, "Devotion and Decadence: The Berthouville Treasure and Roman Luxury from the Bibliothèque nationale de France" was included in the NYT's "10 Under-the-Radar Art Shows to See Now."
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