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Richard Brilliant
Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Greek and Roman art, history and theory of art history
Ph.D., Yale Univeristy, 1960

Biography
Richard Brilliant, Professor of Art History & Archaeology, and Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, has taught a variety of courses on Greek and Roman art, visual narrative, portraiture, and the theory of art history. He received his B.A. in Classics from Yale, LL.B. from Harvard, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale, as well as numerous fellowships and awards that have brought him to Rome for several years of study and residence. He has traveled extensively in Western Europe and throughout the Mediterranean, the latter both on land and by sea. Author of many articles and eleven books, the most recent My Laocoon (2000) and Un Americano a Roma (2000), and recipient of teaching awards at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia, he is currently working on numerous book projects and on an exhibition of Greco-Roman sculpture at the Minneapolis Institute of Art for 2004.

Contact Information
926 Schermerhorn Hall
Telephone: (212) 854-3617
Personal Fax: (914) 722-6090
Email: does not use email

Web Sites

Roman Art & Architecture: learn.columbia.edu/roman2



Rcent Publications
Brilliant, Richard. Portraiture, Reaktion Books, 2001.
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Brilliant, Richard. My Laocoön: Alternative Claims in the Interpretation of Artworks, University of California Press, 2000.
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Brilliant, Richard. Un americano a Roma: Riflessioni sull' arte Romana, Dialoghi Uomo E Società, 2000.
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Brilliant, Richard. Commentaries on Roman Art, Pindar Press, 1994.
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