Brunilde Ridgway on Greek Sculpture | New York Studio School

Selections from the Archive: Brunilde Ridgway "Greece: Art & Culture I: Athena Parthenos and the Parthenon -- in Nashville and in Athens," recorded on April 9, 2003.
Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway is an Italian archaeologist and specialist in ancient Greek sculpture. She obtained a degree in classics from the University of Messina in 1953. An archaeology scholarship and Fulbright Travel Grant allowed her to continue her studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. At the end of her MA, she wrote her thesis on Archaic sculpture at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She received her Ph.D in 1958 and returned as a teacher to Bryn Mawr, where she spent most of her career. In 1977 she was named Rhys Carpenter Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, which she held until her retirement in 1994. In 1988 she won the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America. She was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1993.
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