Repository: UIHistories Project: Dedication - Spurlock Museum [PAGE 18]

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SIMONDS PYATT

GALLERY OF EUROPEAN CULTURES

Although bound together by geography and shared history, European societies are highly diverse. Differences in language, culture, and class, among other factors, have been catalysts for the tremendous changes Europe has undergone. In this gallery. Transformations: A European Odyssey, artifacts from a 6thcentury iron axehead to a modern tele4& Sfr phone card illustrate nearly two millennia of European change. A display of armor and weaponry fills one corner of the room, while objects of the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faiths are featured in another. Two favorites among visitors are the cast of Michelangelo's Pieta and the semi-porcelain Capo di Monte piece depicting 18th-century musicians.

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