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Museumof Art,CarnegieInstitute,Pittsburgh,
ofEarlyIrishArt:1500B.C.to
PA:"Treasures
1500A.D."(June28 - September
24, 1978),
exhibitsoverseventypiecesfromthe collecof Ireland,the
Museum
tionsof the National
DubandTrinity
College,
RoyalIrishAcademy
the TaraBrooch,the Booksof
lin,featuring
andKellsandtheshrineofSt.Patrick's
Durrow
available.
bell.Catalogue

ofCyprus:(June15- July28,1978),consists
materialreflecting
of archaeological
primarily
8,000 years of Cypriotecultureincluding
and
bronzes,ceramics,
gold,silver,terracottas
stonesculptures.Circulated
by Smithsonian
WashExhibition
Institution
Service,
Traveling
available.
ington,DC.Catalogue

AmericanMuseumof NaturalHistory,New
York,NY:"IceAgeArt"(May25,1978- Januexhibits
cavepaintings,
carvings,
ary15,1979),
andsculpture,
manyofthemnever
engravings
beforeshown,datingfrom35,000to 10,000
the environment
of Upper
b.c., illustrating
Featured
arefull-scale
Paleolithic
Europe.
phoIL:
FieldMuseumof NaturalHistory,Chicago,
tographicmuralsof the twomostimportant
in
cavepanelsinEurope,
ofAltamira
theceiling
"LocksfromIran"(April29 - July30, 1978),
Spainand the wallof Lascauxin France. NationalMuseumof HistoryandTechnology, features463examplesof Persianmetalwork
D.C.: surveying
SmithsonianInstitution,
oflockmaking
Washington,
available.
theartandtechnology
Catalogue
14 a varietyof sizes,shapesand
whichutilized
"Aspectsof ArtandScience"(February
30,1978),exhibits
objects materials,includingsteel, bronze,copper,
seventy-one
August
JewishMuseum,
NewYork,NY:"TheBookand
includ- brass,goldandsilver.Drawnmainly
fromtheUnited
StatesandGreatBritain,
fromthe
theSpade:Archaeology
andtheBible"
(indefi- inga goldpre-Hittite
ewerdated2100b.c.,a
theexhibition
also
ofParvisTanavoli,
collection
features
artifacts
more
than
one
hundred
nite),
ankhfromtheeighteenth includes
bluefaienceEgyptian
fromtheshrineof
examples
important
fromEgypt,the HolyLand,Mesopotamia
and
anda rareetchedshelloftheHohokam Mashhad
TeheandtheEthnological
dynasty
Museum,
Persiaas wellas maps,models,chartsand
datedtoa.D.1200,to illus- ran. Circulating
ofArizona,
Indians
underthe auspicesof the
whichillustrate
3000yearsofBib- tratethe fusionof art and sciencein diffuse Smithsonian
photographs
Institution
TravelingExhibition
licalhistory.
culturesand in differentperiods.Catalogue Service,
available.
DC.Catalogue
Washington,
available.
KnoedlerGallery,NewYork,NY:"Treasures
TheUniverKelseyMuseumof Archaeology,
fromMexico"
(June7 - July22,1978),exhibits
of
AnnArbor,Ml:"Fortress
of Michigan,
sity
PA:
of
Museum
of
1
Art,
two-hundred
Philadelphia,
2,000years
Philadelphia
piecesillustrating
of SaintCatherineat
the
Faith:
Monastery
Art800-1900"
are
theexhibition
Mexican
(June3 July30,
"Himalyan
history.
Highlighting
3 - September
7, 1978),
andsixty MountSinai"(May
1978),exhibits
Olmecstonehead;a carvedand
a six-foot-tall
sculptures
ninety-two
resultsoffour
oftheimportant
many
presents
thousand
one
over
to
illustrate
the
ofanextinct
lowerbackbone
incised
years
animal,
paintings
drawto the monastery
including
expeditions
conti- of the artistictraditionof Nepal,Tibetand
first-known
sculptureon the American
whichfocusonthebasand
photographs
ings
been
Mostof the pieceshavenot
nentdatedto 10,000b.c.; and Mixteegold Kashmir.
tionandchurchconstructed
bythe Byzantine
exhibited.
fromMonteAlban.Bi-lingual
catalogue previously
jewelry
the Great,inthesixthcenJustinian
emperor,
available.
site of the
turyafterChristat the traditional
burningbush of Moses.Alsoexhibitedare
ofcarvedwoodfromtherooftrusses
ofPennsylvania, fragments
Museum,University
Museumof Art,NewYork,NY: University
Metropolitan
and
ofeucharistie
andexamples
church
of
the
PA:"ChineseJades"(May18
Philadelphia,
"TheTemple
ofDendur"
27,1978(September
the
at
baked
bread
monastery.
eulogia
jadepiecesdatingfrom Brochure
August1978),exhibits
exhibits
thetempleanditsgatepermanent),
available.
the fifteenth
centuryb.c. to the thirdcentury
of the
way,giftsfromEgyptin recognition
in
have
been
tosavethemfromflooding afterChrist.Manyofthe pieces
U.S.A.'s
contribution
intheUnited
Statesforyears;counbythe lakecreatedbythe AswanHighDam, collections
havebeenfoundin recent
terpartsexhibited
whichhavebeenreassembled
SOUTH
exactlyas they
inChina.
excavations
appearedonthebanksoftheNile.Thisis the
onlycomplete
Egyptian
templeintheWestern
BeaumontArtMuseum,Beaumont,
TX:"Locks
"Ancient
NearEasternSeals:A
Hemisphere.
fromIran"(August
19- September
24,1978),
Selection
ofStampandCylinder
Sealsfromthe
features463examplesof Persianmetalwork
Collection
of Mrs.William
H. Moore"(indefiMIDWEST
theartandtechnology
oflockmaking
surveying
andstampsealsand
125cylinder
nite),exhibits
which
a
utilized
of
sizes,
variety
shapesand
A.D.
theirimpressions,
from
b.c.
to
4000
dating
materials,
steel,
bronze,
including
copper,
illus500.Organized
the
exhibition
bysubject,
IL:"Pompeii brass,goldandsilver.Drawnmainly
ArtInstituteof Chicago,Chicago,
fromthe
tratesthedeities,kingsandimaginative
creaa.D.79" (August12 - November
12, 1978), collection
ofParvisTanavoli,
theexhibition
also
turesoftheancientNearEast.Catalogue
avail- includes
overthree-hundred
examples includes
objects,
fromtheshrineof
important
examples
able.
inthe
discovered
ofalmosteverytypeofartifact
Mashhad
andtheEthnological
TeheMuseum,
fromthe National ran. Circulating
buriedcity,drawnprimarily
underthe auspicesof the
Anthe
and
Museum,
Naples
Archaeological
Smithsonian
Institution
TravelingExhibition
Museumof Archaeologyat Staten Island, tiquarium
Theexhibition
at Pompeii.
displays Service,
DC.Catalogue
available.
Washington,
StatenIsland,NY:"Divine
and
Other
Images
frescoes, mosaics, marble and bronze
Fabulous
Creatures"
30 July30,1978), sculpture,
(April
andobjectsof
equipment
gladiators'
exhibitsmorethanone-hundred
objectsfrom goldandsilver.Catalogue
available.
in
GA:"Children
diversegeographic
areasandcultures
focusing
HighMuseumof Art,Atlanta,
on the supernatural
a fourthmillenAmerica"(September30, 1978- May27,
including
worldof childniumb.c. terracottafertilitygoddessfrom
1979),exploresthe everyday
timesto
Wl:"Treasures hoodthroughartifactsfromColonial
ArtCenter,Madison,
anda seatedBuddha
fromIndia. Elvehjem
Mesopotamia
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