Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

5/1/1977 - 8/31/1977

Funding Totals

$22,335.00 (approved)
$22,335.00 (awarded)


An Interpretive Exhibition of an Important Collection of Renaissance Bronzes

FAIN: GM-10971-77

Unaffiliated independent scholar
Edgar Peters Bowron (Project Director: May 1977 to present)

To install a permanent exhibition of Renaissance bronze statuettes, medals, and plaquettes. A handbook will accompany the exhibit presenting information concerning the process of bronze casting, the artist's workshop, and the object's historical and aesthetic significance. Funds will also provide a consultant in Renaissance history.