STUDY OF GREEK VASE-PAINTING. 653 



We have seen that up to the twenties and into the thirties of the 

 last century vases were studied almost entirely through albums. 

 Two new features now occur, which are of importance ; namely, 

 articles in periodicals, and reports of excavations. Museums, al- 

 though they had been founded back in the eighteenth century, or 

 even earlier, had not been catalogued, nor were there catalogues of 

 private collections, other than the sort of albums to which reference 

 has been made, with one exception, to be recorded below. 



On the anniversary of Winckelmann's birthday, December 9, 

 1828, an event occurred of the first importance to archseology. 

 There was founded in Rome by a group of scholars, the Institute 

 di Corrispondenza Archeologica, which later became the German 

 Archaeological Institute. The inspiration that doubtless caused this, 

 the first scientific archaeological society (for the Society of the 

 Dilettanti in England cannot be seriously compared with it) to be 

 formed, lay in the discovery of the Etruscan necropolises of Corneto, 

 Chiusi, Cervetri, and other sites, and the phenomenal discovery of 

 thousands of vases in Vulci in 1828, which led to a revival of the 

 Etruscan theory, although it was not seriously considered by the 

 majority of scholars. The institute began at once to publish two 

 periodicals — the Annali dcW Institufo, devoted to articles, and the 

 Bulletino deW Instituto, devoted to reports of excavations and ac- 

 quisitions of museums. With the Annali came separate plates, il- 

 lustrating the articles (other plates being bound with each volume) 

 which were later bound together in groups every two or three years, 

 and, when bound, were known as the Monnmenti Inediti del' Insti- 

 tuto. 



It is at this time that one of the leading scholars of Greek vases 

 makes his appearance, Eduard Gerhard, who is our first great name 

 as a vase expert. He was director of the institute from its founda- 

 tion till 1837, when he went to Berlin as archaeologist for the 

 museum. He recognized at once the importance of the vases from 

 Vulci, and at first was inclined to think that there existed, in various 

 sites in Etruria, centers for the production of vases under Greek 

 influence. This was upheld by several other scholars, but later 

 abandoned. Too little attention has been paid by students in gen- 

 eral to Gerhard's excellent work, and too little credit given to him 



