An Exploration of Middlebury’s Ancient Glass Collection

by Eloise McFarlane ’24.5 Introduction The Middlebury College Museum of Art holds a sizable collection of ancient glass, replete with a variety of common yet remarkable objects. The collection is rooted within rich historical and cultural grounds and provides significant

Piranesi and the Greatness of Rome: An Ancient Cinerary Urn Restored and Augmented

By: Pieter Broucke, Associate Curator of Ancient Art and Professor of History of Art and Architecture A Quixotic Personality Born in Venice in 1720, Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an archaeologist, architect, and artist active in the second half of the