Classical Association of Vancouver Island lecture series

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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Dr. Brian Martens (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, Lincoln College) will present a lecture entitled:

"Stones, Bones, and a… Phrygian? Refuse from a Sculptor’s Studio at Roman Athens."

This talk presents a contextual analysis of eight marble sculptures excavated in 1937 from a well on the north slope of the Areopagos at Athens. The assemblage, which includes unfinished works, was discarded from a sculptor’s studio that was destroyed during the Herulian sack in A.D. 267. In several instances, the iconographies and materials used fall beyond local traditions. In addition, a set of bronzes from the personal shrine of the sculptor is suggestive of non-Athenian religious customs. The gathered evidence points to an individual who had migrated to Athens, probably from Phrygia in Asia Minor. The rare visibility of an immigrant sculptor in the archaeological record offers an opportunity to refine a methodological framework for retrieving artistic identity in stone.

The Classical Association of Vancouver Island is UVic’s organization for people interested in the Greek and Roman worlds. Monthly lectures by local and international scholars take place at UVic.

Everyone is welcome.

To join CAVI and be on our mailing list, please send your name, contact information (address/email), and membership dues (10$/year, cheques payable to CAVI):

CAVI – Department of Greek and Roman Studies

PO Box 1700 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2

For more information, please contact: Dr. Ingrid Holmberg, Chair, Department of Greek and Roman Studies ([email protected]).

https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/greekroman/