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Ranging in date from the 10th through the
20th centuries, the exhibit includes furniture, paintings, jade, lacquer,and ceramics.
"Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East" (September28, 1987-September 1988), examines issues raised by
experts working on the identification and
authentication of ancient objects. Represented are several ancient cultures from
Iran, Anatolia and the Caucasus, featuring 124 objects in gold, silver,bronze, ceramic, and ivory dating from the third
millenniumB.C.through the mid-7th century A.D."In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual
Objects from China" (September 28, 1987
through 1988),highlights Chinesebronzes
and Neolithic jades, some dating from as
early as the fourth millennium B.C. Featured is the famous Chu Silk Manuscript
from the 5th to 4th century B.C.,the earliest example of an illustrated Chinesetext
on silk. "Monsters, Myths and Minerals"
(September 28, 1987 through 1988), is a
selection of 126objects illustrating the vitality of animal imageryin Chineseart and
myth. Depictionsof animals and monsters
in jade, minerals, stone, silver, ceramic,
and lacquer date from the Han dynasty
(206 B.C.-A.D.220).

The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,
NY: "Glass of the Caesars" (through October 1987), brings together 150 masterpieces of Roman glass, dating between
100 B.C.and A.D.500, a period which produced spectacular luxury glass, the discovery of glassblowing and houses decorated with glass mosaics and panels. (See
Archaeology, March/April 1987.) Catalogue available.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, NY: "The Age of Sultan Süleyman
the Magnificent"(October4, 1987-January
17, 1988),presents the aesthetic and technical achievements of the Ottoman Empire during the rule of Sultan Süleyman I
(A.D.1520-66).Featured are 200 works of
art, including paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, jewelry,ceramics, carpets and
armor. "Ancient Art in Miniature" (September 10, 1987-January 10, 1988), is a
selection of 90 stamp and cylinder seals
dating from 6000 B.C.to the 4th century
B.C.,from regions ranging from Syria and
Anatolia, to Bactria. "Boscotrecase Wall
Paintings" (October 31, 1987-permanent),
highlights 17 frescoes from a Roman villa
at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius,painted during
the reign of Augustus. "The Emperors'
MIDWEST
Albums: Images of Mughal India" (October 21, 1987-February 14, 1988),exhibits
Field Museum of Natural History, Chifoliosfromalbumsproducedfor the Mughal cago, IL: "Gods, Spirits, and People: The
Emperor Shah Jahan (A.D. 1628-58), in- Human Image in TraditionalArt" (through
cluding paintings and calligraphy. Cata1987),presents ceremonialart from more
logue available. "Houses of the Hereafter, than 40 countries, spanning tens of thouFunerary Templesfrom Guerrero,Mexico" sands of years. Over 130 artifacts are fea(through January 17, 1987), features 80
tured, including a Hopi Kachina doll, a
stone sculptures of temples or houses from
Benin bronze portrait head and sea-spirit
the Mezcalaregion,dated to ca. 10thto 15th masks of New Caledonia.
centuries A.D."Images of the Mind" (Sep- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Columbus,
tember 18, 1987-January 10, 1988), disIN: "Selectionsfrom Radianceand Virtue:
plays 70 Chinesepaintings and calligraphy The R. Norris ShreveCollectionof Chinese
spanningfourdynasties: Sung, Yuan,Ming Jade" (October3-November28, 1987),preand Ching (llth-18th centuries). Catasents a selection of nephrite, jadeite and
other semi-preciousstones carved into veslogue available.
PhiladelphiaMuseumof Art, Philadelphia, sels and statues of various shapes, dating
PA: "FederalPhiladelphia,1785-1825:The
primarilyto the Qing dynasty (1644-1912).
Athens of the Western World" (through
Indiana University Art Museum, BloomSeptember 20, 1987), celebrates the biington, IN: "Of God and Mortals: Ancient
centennial of the Constitution with an
Art from the Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
exhibition of 250 examples of furniture,
Collection" (September 16-December20,
1987),presents 230 objects from Classical
paintings, costumes,copper,ironwork,and
silver made in Philadelphia,embracingthe
antiquity to the Early Christian era.
Federal period style based on Greek and
Included are Attic funerary monuments,
Roman models. Catalogue available.
Greek ceramics, bone carvings, and gold
and silver objects. Catalogue available.
RenwickGallery of the National Museum
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee,
of AmericanArt, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC: "Lost and Found TVadi- WI: "Music and Dance in Highland New
tions: Native American Art 1965-1985" Guinea" (through October 11, 1987),features 65 color photographs by noted pho(October 2, 1987-March6, 1988),stresses
the survival of Native American art forms
tographer Jordan Wright, accompanied
to the present day. Over300worksby more
by traditional music and ritual and daily
than 200 artists will be featured, includ- objects from the Smithsonian and Miling textiles, pottery and baskets, demon- waukee museum collections.
University of Michigan Museum, Ann
strating traditional styles and techniques
Arbor, MI: "Stories from China's Past"
integral to tribal self-expression. Circulated by The AmericanFederationof Arts.
(September 8-October 25, 1987),displays
archaeological treasures excavated from
Catalogue available.
Sichuan Province, China, dating to the
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
Han dynasty, 206 B.C. to A.D. 220. InInstitution, Washington, DC: "Pavilions
and Immortal Mountains: Chinese Deco- cluded are tomb reliefsdecorated with pictorial scenes, sculptural figures of pottery
rative Art and Painting" (September 28,
and stone, a bronze "money tree", rub1987-February28, 1988),displays 120obbings, and a six-foot long reconstructed
jects reflecting the tastes of the painters,
tomb model. (See ARCHAEOLOGY,
dedicatedtheir lives
July/
poets and scholarswhc>
to the study of China's cultural heritage.
August 1987.)Catalogue available.

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