Bringing Color to Greek Antiquity: Polychrome Art and the Parthenon
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
All Ages
$15 Athenaeum members; $20 general public; $5 student
The Athenaeum is excited to present Katherine Schwab, PhD, an expert in the authentic aesthetics and representations of ancient Greek sculpture. In her lecture, she will explore the evidence for color on ancient Greek sculpture and the use of both new and old technologies to aid our understanding of their original polychromatic appearance. Schwab is a professor of art history and visual culture in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University in Connecticut. She is also Director of the Classical Studies Program, Curator of the Plaster Cast Collection for the art museum and Founding Director of the Arts Institute at Fairfield.
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Katherine Schwab
