The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Volume 4

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Ginn, 1888

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Page iii - ... Archaeology, should be international in character, by affording to the leading archaeologists of all countries a common medium for the publication of the results of their labors. This object has been in great part attained, as is shown by the list 'of eminent foreign and American contributors to the three volumes already issued, and by the character of articles and correspondence published. Not only have important contributions to the advance of the science been made in the original articles,...
Page 125 - SIÈCLE. — LE MUSÉE, — LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE. — LE MOBILIER (Appendice aux précurseurs de la Renaissance}, par Eugène MUNTZ.
Page 63 - Bengal ; and this style was developed and brought to perfection in the Middle Ages. The word Saracenic, implying the two ideas of Oriental and mediaeval, exactly fulfils the conditions of a general term for the art with which we are concerned.
Page 499 - ... ten at the top. It has in the inside 185 steps for ascending to the top. and forty windows for the admission of light. The whole pillar is encrusted with marble, on which are represented the warlike exploits of that emperor, and his army, particularin Dacia.
Page iii - THE HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS. The Journal is the organ of the Archaeological Institute of America, and of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and it will aim to further the interests for which the Institute and the School were founded. It treats of all branches of Archaeology and Art History : Oriental, Classical, Early Christian, Mediaeval and American.

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