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Through Athena's Eyes: The William Henry Sage Collection of Casts

dc.contributor.advisorFiskesjo, Dr. M.
dc.contributor.advisorMunasinghe, Dr. V.
dc.contributor.advisorSangren, Dr. P. S.
dc.contributor.authorHume, Hannah Claire Martin
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T16:42:04Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T16:42:04Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractThis Anthropology honors thesis combines Anthropology, Archaeology, and Museum Studies to discusses the history and analyzes the importance of the William Henry Sage Collection of Casts, which was brought to Cornell University by A. D. White in the early 1890s and placed on display in 1894. The Cast Collection, some whose fragmented pieces reside in Goldwin Smith Hall to this day, was a pinnacle collection of the University and brought much fame and acclaim to the institution. However, it was never stagnant and saw many phases of reinterpretation and curation. Through such modification, each iteration of the collection was used to echo the educational mood and focus of the contemporary University. Interestingly, regardless of prominence, level of care, or mode of display, students throughout time have often developed personal relationships with the individual statues of the Cast Collection. They may fear or love the pieces, but most admit it all has something to do with looking through the statue's eyes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/36699
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectPlasteren_US
dc.subjectCasten_US
dc.subjectSage Collectionen_US
dc.subjectWilliam Henry Sageen_US
dc.subjectCornell Castsen_US
dc.subjectCast Collectionen_US
dc.subjectA D White Collectionsen_US
dc.subjectClassical Sculptureen_US
dc.subjectAncient Sculptureen_US
dc.subjectCornell Statuesen_US
dc.titleThrough Athena's Eyes: The William Henry Sage Collection of Castsen_US
dc.typedissertation or thesisen_US

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