Sculpture and Coins

Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector

Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Martin Beckmann

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Harvard Department of the Classics
18 February 2019

History of art: ancient & classical art; Sculpture; Precious metal & precious stones: artworks & design; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Series: Loeb Classical Monographs

This volume addresses the question of the relation between sculpture and coins--or large statuary and miniature art--in the private and public domain. It originates in the Harvard Art Museums 2011 Ilse and Leo Mildenberg interdisciplinary symposium celebrating the acquisition of Margarete Bieber's coin collection. The papers examine the function of Greek and Roman portraiture and the importance of coins for its identification and interpretation. The authors are scholars from different backgrounds and present case studies from their individual fields of expertise: sculpture, public monuments, coins, and literary sources.

Sculpture and Coins also pays homage to the art historian Margarete Bieber (1879-1978) whose work on ancient theater and Hellenistic sculpture remains seminal. She was the first woman to receive the prestigious travel fellowship from the German Archaeological Institute and the first female professor at the University of Giessen. Dismissed by the Nazis, she came to the United States and taught at Columbia. This publication cannot answer all the questions: its merit is to reopen and broaden a conversation on a topic seldom tackled by numismatists and archaeologists together since the time of Bernard Ashmole, Phyllis Lehmann and Léon Lacroix.

Edited by: Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Martin Beckmann
Imprint: Harvard Department of the Classics
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 16
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 448g
ISBN: 9780674428379
ISBN 10: 0674428374
Series: Loeb Classical Monographs
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 18 February 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carmen Arnold-Biucchi is Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins at the Harvard Art Museums and Lecturer on the Classics at Harvard University. Martin Beckmann is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at McMaster University.