Concise, critical reviews of books, exhibitions, and projects in all areas and periods of art history and visual studies

Ancient Greek/Roman Art
Dissertations Completed by Subject, 2017

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Allen, Molly, "Portraits of Grief: Death, Mourning, and the Expression of Sorrow of White-Ground Lekyothoi" (Columbia University, I. Mylonopoulos)

Brock, Andrea, “Rome at Its Core: Reconstructing the Environment and Topography of the Forum Boarium” (University of Michigan, N. Terrenato)

Brown, Nicole, “The Country under the City: The Symbolic Topography of the Rustic Past in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome” (Princeton, M. Koortbojian)

Diffendale, Dan, “The Roman Middle Republic at Sant'Omobono” (University of Michigan, N. Terrenato)

Hsu, Sheng-Chieh, “The Dialogue between Art Nouveau and Minoan Art and Its Role in Early Twentieth-Century Perceptions of Bronze Age Crete” (Temple University, P. Betancourt)

Kimmey, Stephanie, “The Nemean Wells: Sanctuary Context and Ritual Activities in the Northeast Peloponnese” (University of Missouri, S. Langdon)

Kreiger, Jenny, “The Business of Commemoration: A Comparative Study of Italian Catacombs” (University of Michigan, E. Gazda and E. Sears)

Kunkel, Brian, “Pathways Towards Urbanism and Social Complexity in the Mirabello Region of Crete from Middle Minoan II to the Late Minoan IB Collapse” (Temple University, P. Betancourt)

Laferrière, Carolyn, "The Complex Sensations of Divine Music in Archaic and Classical Greek Art" (Yale University, M. Gaifman)

Mokrisova, Jana, “On the Move: Mobility in Southwest Anatolia and the Southeast Aegean during the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Transition” (University of Michigan, C. Ratté)

Pearce, Ariel, “Riverine Landscapes in Minoan Crete” (Temple University, P. Betancourt)

Peterson, Sarah, “A Contextual and Stylistic Analysis of Late Helladic IIIC Pottery from Mycenae” (Temple University, P. Betancourt)

Sita, Anna, "The Writing on the Wall: Inscriptions and Memory in the Temples of Late Antique Greece and Asia Minor" (University of Pennsylvania, R. Ousterhout)

Stoner, Lillian, "Hair in Archaic and Classical Greek Art: An Anthropological Approach" (Institute of Fine Arts/NYU, C. Marconi)