Macdonald, William L(loyd)

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MACDONALD, William L(loyd)

MACDONALD, William L(loyd). American, b. 1921. Genres: Archaeology/ Antiquities, Architecture. Career: Boston Architectural Center, instructor, 1950-54; Yale University, New Haven, CT, instructor, 1956-59, assistant professor, 1959-63, associate professor of the history of art, 1963-65; Smith College, Northampton, MA, A.P. Brown Professor of History of Art, 1965-80. The Byzantine Institute, executive secretary, 1950-54; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow. Publications: Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, 1962; The Architecture of the Roman Empire, vol. 1: An Introductory Study, 1965, rev. ed., 1982, vol. 2: An Urban Appraisal, 1986; Northampton, Massachusetts Architecture and Buildings, 1975; The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, 1976; (assoc. ed., and contrib.) Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976; Piranesi's Carceri: Sources of Invention, 1979; (with J.A. Pinto) Hadrian's Villa and Its Legacy, 1995; Hadrian's World, forthcoming. Contributor to books and periodicals. Address: 3811 39th St NW, Washington, DC 20016-2835, U.S.A.

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