Larissa Bonfante

Bonfante was born in Naples, the daughter of professor Giuliano Bonfante.Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana, XXXI edizione (Teglio, 2010), volume III, titolati umbertini She grew up in Princeton, NJ. Bonfante would go on to study fine arts and classics at Barnard College, earning her B.A. in 1954; she completed her M.A. in classics from the University of Cincinnati in 1957 and her Ph.D. in art history and archaeology at Columbia University in 1966.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904031715 "Early Etruscan dress : studies in early Italian art and culture"]. Worldcat She studied at Columbia with Otto Brendel. Bonfante received the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 2007 from the Archaeological Institute of America.[http://www.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement "Larissa Bonfante— 2007 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement"]. Archaeological Institute of America. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145604/https://www.archaeological.org/larissabonfante%E2%80%942007goldmedalawarddistinguishedarchaeologicalachievement |date=2018-11-07 }} She was a founding member of the American section of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. She edited the periodical publication Etruscan News that reported on the activities of the American section.{{Cite web | url=https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2019-08-29 |title = Larissa Bonfante – Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home}}{{cite web|url=http://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/ancient/documents/Etruscan_News_FINAL_INDEX.pdf|title=Etruscan News 1–14 (2002–2012) Index|publisher=NYU}} In 2009 Bonfante was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.{{cite web | url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2009/may/nyus_bonfante_expert_in.html | title=NYU's Bonfante, Expert in Etruscan Civilization, Elected to American Philosophical Society }}

The Archaeological Institute of America created an endowment fund to raise monies to support a lecture in Bonfante's honor as part of its lecture program.[https://www.archaeological.org/larrisa-bonfante-lecture-endowment/ November 11, 2019, Larissa Bonfante Lecture Endowment]. AIA News. The inaugural named lecture was delivered by Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa on March 21, 2021, for the Staten Island (NY) society of the AIA.[https://siarchaeology.org/sunday-march-21-2021-dr-jean-macintosh-turfa-the-university-of-pennsylvania-museum-etruscan-women-from-cradle-to-grave-the-legacy-of-larissa-bonfante/ Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante]. Archaeology Society of Staten Island

• 1970. "Roman Triumphs and Etruscan Kings: The Changing Face of the Triumph." Journal of Roman Studies [https://www.jstor.org/stable/299413 60:49-66].
• 1975. Etruscan dress. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Reviews: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/503192 American Journal of Archaeology 81.2:253-254]
• 1979. The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim. translator, with Alexandra Bonfante-Warren.
• 1981. Out of Etruria : Etruscan influence north and south. Oxford: BAR. {{ISBN|9780860541219}}
• (with Giuliano Bonfante) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/896371030 The Etruscan language: an introduction], 1983
• 1986. ed. Etruscan life and afterlife: a handbook of Etruscan studies. Wayne State University Press.{{cite book|author1=Mario Torelli|author2=Jean Macintosh Turfa|author3=Nancy Thomson De Grummond|author4=Briguet, Marie-francoise|title=Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QaXZky58FIC|year=1986|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-1813-4}}
• 1989. "Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art." American Journal of Archaeology [https://www.jstor.org/stable/505328 93.4:543-70].
• 1990. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612851776 Reading The Past Etruscan]. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• 1997 Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum USA / 3, New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.
• 2001. Italy and Cyprus in antiquity, 1500-450 BC : proceedings of an international symposium held at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, November 16–18, 2000. Nicosia: Costakis and Leto Severis Foundation.
• 2006. (with Judith Swaddling) Etruscan myths. University of Texas Press.
• 2006. (with Blair Fowlkes). Classical antiquities at New York University. Rome: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider.{{cite book|author1=Larissa Bonfante|author2=Blair Fowlkes|title=Classical Antiquities at New York University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1bQxwEACAAJ|year=2006|publisher="L'Erma" di Bretschneider|isbn=978-88-8265-366-8}}
• 2011. The barbarians of ancient Europe: realities and interactions. Cambridge University Press.{{cite book|author=Larissa Bonfante|title=The Barbarians of Ancient Europe: Realities and Interactions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fS4XmwEEsRkC|date=29 April 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-19404-4}}
• 2013. The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim. Bilingual Edition.
• 2016. [https://www.press.umich.edu/7270894/collection_of_antiquities_of_the_american_academy_in_rome The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome]. University of Michigan Press. {{ISBN|978-0-472-11989-9}}

• "Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi" Il Messaggero (31 August 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190901155711/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-date = 2019-09-01|title = Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'Archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi|date = 31 August 2019}}
• "Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: fu insigne etruscologa" Il Mattino.it (31 August 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190902140345/https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-date = 2019-09-02|title = Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: Fu insigne etruscologa|date = 31 August 2019}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190906164024/https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-larissa-bonfante/ In memoriam] statement published by the Archaeological Institute of America, authored by Jean MacIntosh Turfa (6 September 2019).
• "In Memoriam: Larissa Bonfante (1931–2019)" in [https://doi.org/10.1515/etst-2019-2002 Etruscan and Italic Studies] 22:1-2 (12 Nov 2019) authored by Nancy de Grummond.
• Commemoration in Etruscan News [https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/ancient/documents/2Etruscan%20News%20Volume%2022%20.pdf v. 22] (Winter 2020) published by New York University.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703063800/http://as.nyu.edu/object/LarissaBonfante.html Faculty page], New York University
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141020184919/http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/page/etruscan Institute for Italic and Etruscan Studies]
• [https://nyu.academia.edu/LarissaBonfante Academia.edu profile]

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