Frantz, Alison
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Alison Frantz was a classicist and photographer. She was the photographer and specialist in Early Christian and Byzantine archaeology for the Agora excavations at Athens from 1933 to 1968 for the American School of Classical Studies. In 1967 she received a grant from the American Philosophical Society to study, draw and photograph the temple ruins (ca. 200-300 A.D.) on the island of Sikinos in the Aegean Sea.
Frantz also served as Cultural Attache (1946-1949) for the U.S. Embassy in Athens and later was a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study.
From the description of Alison Frantz papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1940-1980) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 80833420
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Subjects:
- Architecture, Classical
- Architecture, Greek
- Architecture, Turkish
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Orthodox Eastern monasteries
- Photography
- Sculpture, Ancient
- Sculpture, Byzantine
- Sculpture, Greek
- Temples
Occupations:
- Classicists
- Photogaphers
Places:
- United States (as recorded)
- Sikinos (Greece) (as recorded)
- Greece (as recorded)
- Greece--Sikinos (as recorded)
- Turkey (as recorded)
- Agora (Athens, Greece) (as recorded)
