Oct. 15, 2018
Myth, Mirrors and Monsters
Nickle at Noon talk by James Hume, Department of Classics & Religion
Bronze mirror box with the image of Pan, 4th century BCE. MET DT5193
Wikipedia Commons
An ancient cosmetics table featured the usual items we would expect today: Â perfume jars, powder boxes, hand-held mirrors, etc. Â However, Greeks, Romans and Etruscans decorated these domestic pieces with unexpected scenes from mythology, ranging from scenes of warfare to heroic battles against monsters. Â What did the violent and the ugly have to do with a personal quest for beauty?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 12-1pm
GALLERY HALL, TFDL
Nickle at Noon talk by James Hume, Department of Classics & Religion