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Greek & Roman Art and Classical Studies

representations of women; Greek portraiture; images of war, violence, and the soldier in classical art

Current projects:

Female portraiture in the Greek world, "Tanagra" figurines present and past , portrait statues of generals in the Athenian Agora, votive sculpture from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace

Sheila Dillon received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Her fields of research and teaching are Greek and Roman art. Her most recent book is Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, and Styles (Cambridge University Press, 2006), which has been awarded the 2008 James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America. She has also co-edited a volume of essays entitled Representations of War in Ancient Rome (Cambridge University Press, 2006), which was reviewed in the TLS (Feb. 2, 2007). Professor Dillon was a member of the Aphrodisias Excavations in Turkey from 1992-2003, and collaborated on the study and publication of Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias (Philipp von Zabern, 2006), the second volume in the Aphrodisias Monograph series. She is a recent recipient (2005-2006) of a National Endowment for the Humanities faculty fellowship for her project on female portrait statues in the Greek world.

Education:

• PhD New York University, Institute of Fine Arts
• BA Rutgers University
• AAS Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY

Typical Courses Taught:

• Arthist 395, Topics in art history, greek sculpture in athens

• Arthist 125a, Archaeol of athenian democracy Synopsis

• Arthist 104, Art/arch roman spectacle Synopsis

• Arthist 202s, Greek and roman portraiture and the politics of representation Synopsis

1.  Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture: Contexts, Subjects, and Styles. Cambridge University Press, (April, 2006). (Winner of the 2008 James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America.) [catalogue.asp] [AJA on-line review by E. D'Ambra] [BMCR review by P. Schultz] [Journal of Hellenic Studies review by Jeremy Tanner]
2. R.R.R. Smith, C.H. Hallett, J. Lenaghan, J. Van Voorhis. Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz Germany, (June, 2006). (Reviews: J. Tanner, BMCR 2007.04.07) [controller.php] [BMCR review]
3. S. Dillon and K. Welch. Representations of War in Ancient Rome.   (April, 2006). [catalogue.asp] [H-Net book review] [TLS review]
4. "Portraits of Women in the early Hellenistic Period." Early Hellenistic Portraiture: Image, Style, Context. Edited by Ralf von den Hoff and Peter Schultz.  (October, 2007): 63-83. [catalogue.asp]
5. "Subject selection and viewer reception of Greek portraits from Herculaneum and Tivoli." Journal of Roman Archaeology  vol. 13 (Fall, 2000): 21-40.