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#18 - Ancient Art: Mummies, Fake Sculptures and Beheaded Emperors... with Lisa Anderson Zhu Classical Wisdom Speaks
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Ancient Mummy Glamour shots, a Minoan scandal everyone should be talking about, the Baltimore painter, Elephants on sarcophagi and the funny history of behead statues...
These are just a few of the fascinating pieces discussed with Lisa Anderson-Zhu, the Associate Curator, Art of the Mediterranean, 5th millennium BCE to 4th century CE at the The Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland. Links to all the pieces mentioned below.
You can listen to Lisa Anderson-Zhu LIVE in Classical Wisdom's upcoming Symposium 2020: Power and Politics, taking place October 24 - 25, 2020.
You can purchase early bird tickets, as well as an exclusive Mediterranean Wine Collection, carefully selected for the event, HERE: http://www.bonnerwine.club/CWW
*Wine option ends October 13th.
For more information about Classical Wisdom's Podcast Classical Wisdom Speaks, please check out our website at: http://classicalwisdom.com
Pieces Mentioned:
Baltimore Painter Vase https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30814/volute-krater/
The Minoan Statuette https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25734/goddess-or-priestess/
Artemis-Aphrodite https://art.thewalters.org/detail/22879/torso-of-artemis-with-head-of-aphrodite/
Marcus Aurelius https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10416/portrait-of-the-emperor-marcus-aurelius/
...and his former torso https://art.thewalters.org/detail/90260/
Augustus https://art.thewalters.org/detail/767/portrait-of-emperor-augustus/
Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus https://art.thewalters.org/detail/33305/sarcophagus-with-the-triumph-of-dionysus/
Funeral Stele of Antaios Meilesios https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30157/funeral-stele-2/
Mummy Portrait with the Gold Necklace https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30478/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-from-fayum-egypt/
Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7962/mummy-portrait-of-a-bearded-man/
More information on the Walters Museum can be found at @walters_museum
Ancient Mummy Glamour shots, a Minoan scandal everyone should be talking about, the Baltimore painter, Elephants on sarcophagi and the funny history of behead statues...
These are just a few of the fascinating pieces discussed with Lisa Anderson-Zhu, the Associate Curator, Art of the Mediterranean, 5th millennium BCE to 4th century CE at the The Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland. Links to all the pieces mentioned below.
You can listen to Lisa Anderson-Zhu LIVE in Classical Wisdom's upcoming Symposium 2020: Power and Politics, taking place October 24 - 25, 2020.
You can purchase early bird tickets, as well as an exclusive Mediterranean Wine Collection, carefully selected for the event, HERE: http://www.bonnerwine.club/CWW
*Wine option ends October 13th.
For more information about Classical Wisdom's Podcast Classical Wisdom Speaks, please check out our website at: http://classicalwisdom.com
Pieces Mentioned:
Baltimore Painter Vase https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30814/volute-krater/
The Minoan Statuette https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25734/goddess-or-priestess/
Artemis-Aphrodite https://art.thewalters.org/detail/22879/torso-of-artemis-with-head-of-aphrodite/
Marcus Aurelius https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10416/portrait-of-the-emperor-marcus-aurelius/
...and his former torso https://art.thewalters.org/detail/90260/
Augustus https://art.thewalters.org/detail/767/portrait-of-emperor-augustus/
Sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysus https://art.thewalters.org/detail/33305/sarcophagus-with-the-triumph-of-dionysus/
Funeral Stele of Antaios Meilesios https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30157/funeral-stele-2/
Mummy Portrait with the Gold Necklace https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30478/mummy-portrait-of-a-woman-from-fayum-egypt/
Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7962/mummy-portrait-of-a-bearded-man/
More information on the Walters Museum can be found at @walters_museum
33 min