Phyllis Williams Lehmann. Cyriacus of Ancona's Egyptian Visit and Its Reflections in Gentile Bellini and Hieronymus Bosch. (Bryn Mawr College Mary Flexner Lecture.) Locust Valley, New York: J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1977. 47 illus. + 34 pp. $12. - Wendy Stedman Sheard. Antiquity in the Renaissance. (Exhibition catalogue.) Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College Museum of Art, 1979. 129 illustrated catalogue entries + supplementary illus. Unpaginated. $15.

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Charles Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Bryn Mawr ◽  
Smith College ◽  
Bryn Mawr College ◽  
Hieronymus Bosch ◽  
Gentile Bellini

Growth and Development of a Woman Scientist and Educator

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Schneiderman
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Bryn Mawr ◽  
Woman Scientist ◽  
Smith College ◽  
Women's College ◽  
Bryn Mawr College ◽  
Pomona College ◽  
Biographical Memoir ◽  
History Of

Isabel Fothergill Smith (November 15, 1890-September 16, 1990), Professor Emcrita of Geology and History of Science, Scripps College, Claremont California, began her career in geology and education with the tutelage and mentoring of Florence Bascom at Bryn Mawr College. After receiving her Ph.D. from that institution, Smith embarked upon her career in education as a geology professor at Smith College. In 1929, she became the first Dean at Scripps College, a newly founded women's college in southern California. After six years as Dean and a sabbatical studying history of science at Columbia and Harvard Universities, Smith returned to Scripps and taught history of science and geology there, as well as at Pomona College. She retired from teaching in 1954 and later wrote a biographical memoir of her mentor Florence Bascom.

Eva Palmer Sikelianos

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artemis Leontis
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Bryn Mawr ◽  
The United States ◽  
Greek Life ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Bryn Mawr College ◽  
American Imperialism ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Modern Artists

This is the first biography to tell the fascinating story of Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874–1952), an American actor, director, composer, and weaver best known for reviving the Delphic Festivals. Yet, as this book reveals, Eva's most spectacular performance was her daily revival of ancient Greek life. For almost half a century, dressed in handmade Greek tunics and sandals, she sought to make modern life freer and more beautiful through a creative engagement with the ancients. Along the way, she crossed paths with other seminal modern artists. Eva was a wealthy New York debutante who studied Greek at Bryn Mawr College before turning her back on conventional society to live a lesbian life in Paris. She later followed Raymond Duncan (brother of Isadora) and his wife to Greece and married the Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos in 1907. With single-minded purpose, Eva recreated ancient art forms, staging Greek tragedy with her own choreography, costumes, and even music. Having exhausted her inheritance, she returned to the United States in 1933, was blacklisted for criticizing American imperialism during the Cold War, and was barred from returning to Greece until just before her death. This biography vividly recreates the unforgettable story of a remarkable nonconformist whom one contemporary described as “the only ancient Greek I ever knew.”

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