A woman's place: in Classical Greece, an untamed female was a threat to society

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The exhibition 'Pandora's Box: Women in Classical Greece' includes 138 art works from the fifth century B.C. that illustrate women's roles. Women in ancient Greece could not be citizens, but they exerted significant influence as priestesses or wives. Women were viewed through two main metaphors, as wild animals or as vessels. Courtship was seen as a process of taming, while further domestication occurred through marriage and childbirth. The Maenads indicate that domestication was not always permanent. The exhibition will travel from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, to the Dallas Museum of Art, TX, and Antikenmuseum Basel, Switzerland.

Greece, Women

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Pasture to polis

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An exhibition entitled 'From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer' is on display at the Museum of Art and Archaeology of the University of Missouri-Columbia through Dec 5, 1993. Over 100 items illustrate the shift from agriculture to city-states in ancient Greece. Themes include objects from daily life, funerary rites, religious objects, contact with other Mediterranean cultures and art objects illustrating regional variations in the Geometric style. The exhibition will travel to the University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University.

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Foundry fragments: celebrating the bronzesmith's art

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An exhibition of Greek and Roman bronze statuary fragments focuses on the ancient industry of bronze-working rather than on the art historical aspects of the works. The exhibition, entitled 'The Fire of Hephaistos,' opened at the Sackler Museum at Harvard University and is scheduled to travel to the Toledo Museum of Art and the Tampa Museum of Art. About 50 fragments are included in the show, which highlights the mass production of bronze statuary and explores techniques such as mold making, casting, joining and finishing.

Cover Story, Art metalwork, Bronzes, Ancient, Ancient bronzes

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