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Roman antiquities in American academia." (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1028.
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THE IMPACT OF EDWARD PERRY WARREN
ON THE STUDY AND COLLECTIONS OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
IN AMERICAN ACADEMIA
By
James Murley
B.A., Bellarmine University, 1969
M.A., Duke University, 1971
M.A., University of Louisville, 2001
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Faculty of the
College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Art History
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
December 2012

DEDICATION
This dissertation is dedicated to my spouse
Marilyn Borders-Murley.
With infinite patience, she gave me unqualified and loving support in this undertaking.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Above all, Iwould like to thank my mentor, Dr. Stephanie Maloney, for
her guidance and encouragement. I am grateful to Dr. Christopher Fulton, and Professor
Peter Morrin, for serving as readers. Dr. Thomas Mackey has my gratitude for his
unwavering patience and support. The instruction and inspiration of my professors at the
University of Louisville have proven invaluable as have the resources and staff of the
Ekstrom and Margaret M. Bridwell Art Libraries. I am also thankful for the support and
patience of the administration, faculty, and students at Elizabethtown Community and
Technical College. The Peden Fund of the Central Kentucky Educational Foundation and
the Don Payton Graduate Award in Art History from the Hite Institute of Fine Arts
funded my research.
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ABSTRACT
THE IMPACT OF EDWARD PERRY WARREN
ON THE STUDY AND COLLECTIONS OF GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
IN AMERICAN ACADEMIA
James Murley
November 8,2012
This dissertation assesses the influence of Edward Perry Warren (1860-
1928) on the development of collegiate collections of Greek and Roman art and the rise
of art history and archaeology in elite academic institutions in the United States. It
employs archival research to explore Warren's motivations for acquiring thousands of
antiquities which he sold or gave to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and six collegiate
museums and study collections. Organized into six chapters, this multidisciplinary
dissertation describes Warren's roles at these institutions. It highlights antiquities that
have figured prominently in scholarship and that demonstrate the range and variety of his
collecting tastes.
In the first three chapters, the dissertation places Warren's collecting in
light of its social, economic, intellectual, and cultural backdrop and considers how
Warren both reflects and diverges from his family's values. It also weighs how Warren's
sexuality impacted his collecting tastes and resulted in the establishment of his antiquities
emporium in Lewes, England. It chronicles his partnership with John Marshall, Edward
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Robinson, and John Davidson Beazley and ascertains what is known about his
relationships with those who established the classical collections at Harvard, Bowdoin,
the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr, the University of Chicago, and the Rhode
Island School of Design.
Chapters 4,5, and 6 function as a selective catalogue of Warren's
antiquities, organized by medium. Chapter 4 is devoted to a discussion of how the Greek
vases and other ceramic antiquities he obtained for American collections have been
pivotal in developing the American scholarship on these objects. Chapter 5 considers the
impact of Warren's collecting on Greek numismatics as well as on ancient gems, jewelry,
ivory, and glass. Chapter 6 features bronze and stone antiquities that illustrate his
connoisseurial acumen.
This dissertation argues that the collecting of Edward Perry Warren is
essential to understanding the rise of art history and archaeology as academic disciplines
in the United States. Antiquities that he obtained for American collections continue to
figure prominently in the scholarship and exhibitions focusing on Greek and Roman
material culture and social history.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ACKNOWEDGEMENTS iv
ABSTRACT v
LIST OF FIGURES vii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1:WARREN AND THE GILDED AGE 24
CHAPTER 2: THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE FOR WARREN'S COLLECTING ..63
CHAPTER 3: WARREN AND AMERICAN COLLEGIATE COLLECTIONS 120
CHAPTER 4: CERAMIC ANTIQUITIES FROM WARREN IN AMERICAN
COLLECTIONS 202
CHAPTER 5: WARREN ANTIQUITIES IN PRECIOUS MATERIALS IN AMERICAN
COLLECTIONS 255
CHAPTER 6: WARREN'S BRONZE AND STONE SCULPTURES IN AMERICAN
COLLECTIONS 289
CONCLUSION 335
REFERENCES 341
FIGURES 399
CURRICULUM VITA 567
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1. Stemmed Drinking Cup 399
2. Ned Warren and John Marshall at Lewes House .400
3. Lewes House Registers 401
4. Interior of the Warren Home: 67 Mount Vernon Street.. .402
5. Lewes House: Dining Room .403
6. Edward Perry Warren 404
7. Edward Perry Warren 405
8. Terracotta Statuette of a Young Man .406
9. Statuette of Minerva 107
10. Lewes House: Front. 408
11. Lewes House: Garden Front .409
12. Lewes House: Garden Front-Detail 410
13. Lewes House: Garden with Plinth .411
14. LewesHouse-water color by Roger Fry .412
15. Lewes House: Warren's Study in "Thebes" .413
16. Edward Perry Warren and John Marshall .414
17. Edward Perry Warren, John Marshall, and unidentified man .415
18. Mercury (Hermes) 416
19. Mercury (Hermes) and Mercury (Hermes) at Lewes House .417
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20. Mercury (Hennes) at Lewes House .418
21. Mercury (Hennes) at Lewes House .419
22. The Cast Gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .420
23. Attic Red-figure Amphora Attributed to the Berlin Painter .421
24. Attic-Red Figure Ky1ixattributed to the Foundry Painter .422
25. Meleager 423
26. Mercury (Hennes) and Meleager .424
27. Colossal Head of a Giant or Barbarian: Present Mount .425
28. Colossal Head of a Giant or Barbarian: Earlier Mounts .426
29. Rotunda of the Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, before 1937 .427
30. Attic Red-figure Pelike Attributed to the Dinos Painter .428
31. Antonius Pius 429
32. Relief of a Sleeping Herakles .430
33. Statuette of a Bull 431
34. Tanagra Comic Figure on a Donkey .432
35. Dwarf Carrying a Kid on His Shoulders .433
36. Terracotta Jointed Female Doll Holding Rattles .434
37. Flute 435
38. Front Wall of a Cinerary Urn .436
39. Female Statuette: Aphrodite and Lewes House Registers .437
40. Table Support Fragment (?): Dionysus/Bacchus .438
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