A fine clean copy of Apollo ~ Vol. CXXXVIII ~ No. 377, published in July 1993 and devoted to Antiquities and Ancient Art. Contents include scholarly articles on "Making the World Safe : Art and the Dawn of Democracy", by Nigel Spivey ~ "New Finds in Pompeii : The Excavation of Two Buildings in Via dell' Abbondanza", by Antonio Varone ~ "Archaeosynthesis' and Thera Frescoes : Solving the Restoration Dilemma", by Deborah Stratford ~ "Keeping up with the Claudii : Painting and Roman Households", by Roger Ling ~ "Ancient of Glaze : Fish Imagery in Greek, Roman and Egyptian Glass", by Martine Newby ~ "Portraits of Alberti : A not Inconsiderable Harvest", by J.H. Whitfield ~ "The North Gallery at Petworth : An Historical Re-appraisal", by Christopher Rowell ~ "Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire : A Tale of Architects and Craftsmen", by Joan Lane ~ "Acquisitions in Focus : I :- "Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum", by Joan R. Mertens and Carlos A. Picon, and II :- "Rare Gifts : The Greenall Collection of Venetian Coins", by Barrie Cook ~ "Exhibition Reviews ~ I :- "Antwerp '93" ~ II :- "Opening Gates : Medieval Russia on Tour", by Slobodan Curcic ~ III :- "Bold Acts of Patronage : "Images of Christ"", by Charles Pickstone ~ IV :- "Corrado Giaquinto at the Castello Svevo, Bari", by Rodney Palmer, and V :- "Pick of the Bunch" : Flower Paintings from the Fitzwilliam" ~ "Faience from Gien : Past, Present and Future", by Robin Simon, and "Obituary : Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.", by Robert Duffy, plus regular monthly features. Soft covers.
