Geniza, 235
Georgian Academy of Sciences, official event, 220
Georgian Art Museum, 216
Georgian National Exhibition
debate, intensity, 218–219
holograms, usage (Ilia II suggestion), 226–227
merits, Shevardnadze comments, 218
opening, 208–209
patriarch opposition, 223
television debates, 222–223
unacceptability, 227
Georgian Orthodox Church
obstacle, 229
radio show, 222
Georgian State Art Museum, 213, 228
Getty Museum, 268
Gilmore, Bill, 258
Glendenning, Parris, 186
Glory of Byzantium exhibition (Met), 105, 209
Going for Baroque exhibition, 199
milestone, 201
planning, 199–200
Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., 128
Goldberg, Peg, 128, 245–246
cash commitment, 136
civil court expense, 161
cross of Goldberg, 147
diligence, 130
donor, location, 161
Emmerich (expert witness), 133
facts, presentation, 135–136
good faith, 146–147
greed, 148, 160
judgmentalism, absence, 141
van Rijn friendship, 138
Goldberg’s Angel (Hofstadter), 125, 152, 155
Golden fleece, idea, 210–211
Gold key
arrival, 52
“bad sister” possession, 46–49
examination, 38–39
loss, possibility, 51
ownership, determination, 48–50
production, 40
reentry, 45–46
Gold monkey head (Peru), repatriation, 271
Good Faith Engagement, 270
Goucher College, 276, 279
Great Expectations (Dickens), 37
Greek Christians, evacuation, 282
Greeley, Helen, 20
Grierson, Roderick, 168
Grubber, 5
Gruel, Leon, 92–93
Guenschel, Helmut, 114
cases, 115–117, 119
security, increase, 123–124
Guroff, Greg, 208, 209, 214
agenda, distribution, 216
Georgian analysis, 229–230
Vikan seating placement, 220
H
Hagia Sophia, 100
altar, distribution, 233
Hama Treasure, 262
Hann, George, 71
Hanul Agapia (restaurant), 28
Hartman, Arthur, 208, 220, 229, 230
Head of Christ (Sallman), 1
Healing of the Blind Man, 58–59
disagreements, 61–62
fake, hypothetical, 60–61
pastiche, discovery, 59–60
Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections, 109
Heldman, Marilyn, 189
Herodotus, 167
Higgins, Jr., Chester, 169, 171
Higher Authority Productions, 241
Hirshhorn, Joseph, 54
Hirshhorn look-alikes, removal, 62
Hirshhorn Museum, 54
Hishon, Pat, 238
Hockney, David, 105, 133
Hofstadter, Dan, 125, 136, 145, 152
Ho Hagios (Greek epithet, usage), 64
“Holy Ark. Ben Ezra Synagogue, Old Cairo,” 234
“Holy Doves,” 263
“Holy Fire,” 29
Holy Grail, tale, 101
Holy Image, Holy Space: Icons and Frescoes from Greece (icon tour), 102, 105–106, 109
divine, sense (creation/ingredients), 103
festivities (San Francisco), 131
inauguration, 158
members preview, 111
opening, 106–1070
promotion, 131
Honan, Bill, 137, 150
trial coverage, 140
Hoover, J. Edgar, 194
Hope Lutheran Church, worship place, 7
Hopps, Walter, 82–83, 89, 270
anger, 84, 95
deposition, impact, 155–156
Director of the Menil Collection
resignation, 153–154
role, 127
fix-it scheme, 154
fresco research, 86
phone calls, 83, 129
problem, 84
stolen art perspective, 127–128
Hosios Loukas (Byzantine church), 102
Hot Art, Cold Cash (van Rijn), 74, 158, 163
Hoving, Thomas, 78
Ethics banner, 79
Hunt, Bryan, 199
I
Iconostasis, 72
Icons
conservation laboratory examination, 73
dealer-owned icon, origin, 72
private inquiries, 69
rarity, 67–68
research, 72
return, 75
Ikonen-Museum (Rechlinghausen), 55, 56
Ilia II (Patriarch), meeting, 223–226
conciliation, absence, 225
counteroffer, 225–226
holograms, usage, 226–227
Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections, 70, 107
catalogue
completion, 31–32
editing, attention, 36
information, conveyance, 108
research, 92
review, 14–15
absence, 17–18
“Image of the Black in Western Art” project, 37
Immovable assets, 159
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kanakaria mosaics display, 164
Indianapolis Star, The, 127, 140
Ineffable, vocabulary, 10
Institute for Advanced Study, The, 11–12, 152
Institute of Manuscripts, 213–214
medieval manuscripts, examination, 214
Intercession, visual prayer, 67
InterCultura, expense, 170
International Byzantine Congress
closing commentary, invitation, 252
deliberations, 278
exhibition, 210–211
International Herald Tribune, 78–79, 161
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), 20
fellowship/residency, 20–21
Iron Curtain, 21
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 91
Isenheim Altarpiece (Ross discovery), 33–34
ISIS, cultural treasures (destruction), 281
Islamic State, iconoclasm, 281
Israel’s Forgotten Heroes, 241
J
Japaridze, Tedo, 209
Jenkins, Basil, 65
Johns Hopkins, 59
Department of Classical Studies, research, 275–277
Johnson, E.C., 149
John the Baptist, 96
Jones Fund, 186
Joralemon, David, 267, 268–269
conversations, 269–271
Journey of the Magi, 263
Junior Fellowship, application/rejection, 31–32
K
Kanakaria, Byzantine mosaics, 261
defense, 143–144
Dikmen restocking, 155–156
exhibition (Indianapolis Museum of Art), 164
experts, 144
historical/religious importance, 130
initial asking price, 137–138
property, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus lawyer claim, 135
theft, 127
trial
coverage, 140, 145
proceedings, 141–148
what-if scenarios, 162–163
Karageoghis, Vassos, 139
absence, 151–152
deposition, absence, 152–153
position, resignation, 153–154
reprisal, understanding, 156
Kastoria icon, impact, 106
Kero (beer pitcher), 249
Khuskivadze, Leila, 219
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sp; Kimmelman, Michael, 107–109
Kitterman, Nancy, 189
Kitzinger, Ernst, 43, 58
fake, 60
reputation, 61
symposiarch, 60
Klausner, Edmond, 15
Klausner, Elana, 19, 54, 149–150, 193
marriage, 15
Klausner, Isaac/Anna, 15
Klein, Calvin, 203
Klejman, John, 34, 39
Kline, Tom, 131–134, 143
cross of Goldberg, 147
plaintiff case, 145–146
team, recommendation, 157–158
Knopfelmacher, Joseph, 169
Knopfelmacher, Joseph/Margaret (collection, sale), 185–186
Koch, Bob, 11
Koons, Jeff, 105, 199, 201
Koptische Kunst: Die Spätantike in Ägypten (Wessel), 55
Kouroupas, Maria, 245–247, 271
Kress Fellow (National Gallery), 19, 32, 36, 99, 262
L
Lailash Pentateuch, 214
traveling crate, construction, 228
Lambert, Phyllis, 236, 240
Land of Myth and Fire: Art of Ancient and Medieval Georgia exhibition, 209
myths, 210
official death, 229–230
success, chances, 227–228
trouble, 217–218
Langdon, John, 65
Last Judgment fresco, 27
Latrobe Basilica, 255
Lavin, Doug, 141
trial preparation, 141–142, 146
Lee, Sherman, 85
Leeson, Larry, 117–118
Legacy of Faith: Ethiopian Orthodoxy in America, 169–170
Lerner, Ralph, 238, 242
Leventis, Constantine, 89, 155
Levine, Jerry, 241
lex situs (application), 144
Limoges
liturgical objects, 263
trading, 265
reliquary, 262–263, 271
return, lawsuit (possibility), 264
Linard
Church of Saint Martin altar, examination, 265–266, 269
reliquary, 271
Lloyds of London, 122
Loerke, Bill, 32
“Looking Behind the Shroud of Turin” (Vikan), 205
Looted antiquities, 261
scenarios, 282
thinking, changes, 266–267
Lord, Day & Lord, 86–87
Louis, Morris, 133
Loumuri, Nodari, 219, 223
Lugar, Richard, 140
“Luke the Cypriot” manuscript, 19
Lysi fresco, 93–94, 129 154, 245, 261
accident, Hopps anger, 95–96
delivery, 160–161
de Menil rescue, 81–84
drama, exit, 162
photographs, 80
plunder, 77–78, 160
Turkish invasion (1974), impact, 81
repatriation, conversations, 87
rescue, price, 80–81
restoration, 95
saga, initiation, 79–80
M
Magelssen, Paul, 194
Magritte, Rene, 51
Maheriotis, Pavlos, 142–143
Maimonides, Moses, 233–235, 243
Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg, & Phillips, 127, 141
Mannheimer, Steve, 140
Mappelthorpe, Robert, 200
Marquand Library, 13
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), 200
Massif calcaire, 283
Mathewes-Green, Frederica, 106
Matisse, Henri (sale), 69
May, Herbert L., 274
McFarlane, 208
McKell, David McCandless, 20
Medieval Mania speech (Emory University), 203
Medieval & Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art (editing), 36
Medieval typology (graduate seminar), 11
Melikian, Souren, 77–78
Menil Foundation
connection, impact, 87–88
Lysi frescos, delivery, 160–161
Petsopoulos contact, 84
press release, 78
Mercouri, Melina, 102, 116, 158
Mercouris, Sypros, 116
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 91, 268
Glory of Byzantium exhibition, 105
Mezzatesta, Michael, 172, 187
appointment, problems, 190
directorship
Board of Trustees withdrawal, 188
discussion, 190
MIA. See Minneapolis Institute of Art
Miami Herald, 237, 242
MICA. See Maryland Institute College of Art
Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory University), 190
Michelangelo, 28
Middleman, Raoul (Vikan portrait), 197–198, 206
Middleton, William, 36
Miner, Dorothy, 92–93
Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), 4, 185, 253–254, 256
Mishnah Torah, 233
Mitchell, Chris, 151
Moche tomb site, 271
Modigliani, Amedeo, 136–137
bait, 148
purchase, avoidance, 138
Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai), 13, 66
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (Adams), 10
Morgan Library, 91
Morgantina Aphrodite, 268
Morocco, Larry, 95
Mosaic fragments, return, 128
Mosaic head. See Cypriot mosaic head
Mosul, cultural treasures (destruction), 281
Munich frescos, 97
discovery, failure, 87
origin, 86
Munich Turk, 88, 94, 128
Munich warehouse, Cypriot artifact storage, 153
Murillo, Bartolomé, 200
Music, love, 7, 9
Music ‘til Dawn (Andre), 8
N
Narrative picture cycles, Weitzmann method/analysis, 12–13
National Aquarium, 218
National Association of Dealers in Ancient, Oriental, and Primitive Art (representation), 248
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 190
National Gallery, 102, 111–112
blockbusters, ingredients, 100
National Geographic (issues), reading, 2–4
National Museum of Iraq, looting, 250
National Stolen Property Act, 267
National Treasures of Georgia, 229
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 247
New Yorker, The, 136
New York Times, The, 17, 79, 138, 140
celebratory notice/reviews, 69–70, 105, 107, 191
Cyprus case results, 150
photography, 169
Noland, James, 128, 139, 142, 151, 268
convincing, 146
decision, announcement, 149–150
Hopps testimony, usage, 154, 156–157
NPR, 79
Numinous
impact, 104
power, 107
sense, 101–102
O
Object Registry (AAMD), 270
O’Malley, Martin, 251, 258
Orthodox monastery, sleepover, 28
P
Painting the Mayan Universe, 190
Palazzo Strozzi, 102
Palmyra, cultural treasures (destruction), 281
Panagia. See Church of Panagia Kanakaria
Panaretos, 40
Pandora: Women in Classical Greece exhibition, 201–202
goodwill, loss, 203
problems, 202
size/cost, 202
success, 206
Panofsky, Erwin, 11–12
death, 12, 15
Papageorghiou, Anastasios (cross-examination), 142, 146
Parcul Tineretului (“Park of the Youth”), 24
Paternotte, Bill, 251, 258
Patriarchal Cathedral, Romanian gathering, 29
Paulos, Abune, 170–171, 227
absence, 175
Black
Entertainment Television coverage, 173
brother
apology request, 180
communication, 176–177
conference, 178
Higgins photo, 175
misadventures (New York City), 172–173
remarks, 180
U.S. arrival, 171–172
Paysage, bords de Seine, 273
Peach Bloom Vase, 112–114
Bartgis theft, 124–125
display case, design/construction, 114–115
theft, 114–118
Peru, gold monkey head (repatriation), 271
Peter. See Saint Peter
Petsopoulos, Yanni, 72, 77–78
confidential meeting, 79
hand-delivered message, impact, 94, 99
mosaic return, scheme, 155
name, protection, 88–89
photographs, presentation, 97
rage, 157
secret meeting, 95–96, 202
von Hapsburg, assistance, 162
Peytel, Joanny Benoit, 264
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 16–17
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 112
Phillips, Wendell (Sabean art collection), 90–91
Picasso, Pablo, 41
sale, 69
Pirosmani, Niko (“naive” paintings), 213
Piss Christ (Serrano), 200
Plashchanitsa (burial shroud), 108–109
Plexiglas. See UV Plexiglas cases
Plunder: The Looting of the Kanakaria Mosaics (Mitchell), 151
Pont-Saint-Vincent, 264
Posek (decisor), 234
Postcards from the Walters, 252
Pratt Library. See Enoch Pratt Free Library
Pre-Columbian art, donation, 267
Presley, Elvis, 203
Vikan talk, 204
Prevas, John, 122–123
Princeton Geniza Project, 235
Princeton Theological Seminary library, research, 11
Princeton University, arrival, 10–11
Princeton University Art Museum, Greek manuscripts exhibition, 15–16
Princeton University-University of Michigan (Weitzmann expedition), 13
Pronaos (porch), 28
Provenance
amnesia, creation, 242
firewall, 69
Q
Quandt, Abigail, 211
Questions of Authenticity Among the Arts of Byzantium show, 58
R
Ragone, Barry, 234–235, 242
Ben Ezra Torah ark door
return, insistence, 236
sale, agreement, 239
Ravenel, Gil, 99–101
Reagan, Ronald, 208, 230
Rebel Without a Cause, 2
Reeder, Ellen, 202
catalogue (Princeton University Press), 206
Rembrandt, 197
Renda, Kathleen, 189
“Renoir Girl,” 273
BMA return, 277
identity/owner, 276
media coverage, 274
theft, 274
Repatriation, 127, 247
gold monkey head (Peru), 271
Republic of Cyprus (plaintiff), 128
“Rescue of a Byzantine Masterpiece, The,” 78
Resurrection of Christ, collective expression, 29
Richards, Paul, 187
Rijksmuseum, 136
Risen Christ, The (Bernini), 199
Romania