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Article: Photographic archive in Rome. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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The American Academy in Rome assumed its present status in 1913 by a merger of the American School of Architecture and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, both founded in the 1890s. It activities include residential fellowships for scholars and artists, maintaining a research library, supporting archaeological research, and publishing scholarly works and catalogues.
A major component of the academy's program is the photographic archive, which, since November 2001 has been installed in a renovated facility adjacent to the ...