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Sarah Bassett

Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Late Roman and Byzantine Art
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Sarah Bassett plans to study the concept of style in the late antique visual arts. She will first explore the definition of that style as it emerged in nineteenth-century intellectual and artistic circles, and then examine ancient approaches to this material as evidenced in late antique literary sources.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D.
1985