Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery

COLLECTIONS

Egyptian, Etruscan and Greek Art

Vanderbilt's selective collection of works from Egypt, Etruria, and Greece features excellent examples from these periods that have proven invaluable for instructional purposes. The decorated ceramic wares and an exemplary terra cotta antefix from Etruria bring to life the craftsmanship and decorative architectural devices of that culture. The equally effective red-figure kylix conveys the idealism and balanced proportions favored in classical Greece, in contrast to the distinctive style seen in the Egyptian relief of a human head also found in the collection. These objects provide an historical base for Vanderbilt's collection of western art while serving the significant function of informing students of the modes of expression in such ancient civilizations.

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	Unknown Artist, Egyptian Head in Profile, Saitic Period (663 – 525 B.C.) Limestone Relief Vanderbilt Art Association Acquisition Fund Purchase 1967.001
	The Aberdeen Painter, Attica, Greek Attic Red-figure Kylix, mid-5th century, B.C. Polychromed terracotta 3 1/8" x 11 1/8" Vanderbilt Art Association Acquisition Fund Purchase 1975.059
	The Haverford Painter, Apulia (Present day Italy), Red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330– 320 B.C. Terracotta 11 5/8" x 12" Thomas B. Brumbauch Fund Purchase, Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus 1985.015
	Anonymous, Greco-Roman from Hellenistic East, Head of a Young Girl or a Goddess, 1 B.C–1 A.D. Marble 11" x 8 1/4" x 9 1/2" Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Wilson 1969.014
	Anonymous, Italian (Etruria) Head of a Maenad, from an Antefix, 6th century Polychromed terracotta 7" tall Vanderbilt Art Association Acquisition Fund 1980.039