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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:25:06 EST
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From:         ARistotelHS <APAPA@AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject:      Exhibition-Greek Miracle
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Stelnw sxetikes plhrofories gia thn ek0esh: The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpt
ure from the Dawn of Democracy, the Fifth Century B.C.
November 22, 1992, through February 7, 1993
East Building, Upper Level and Mezzanine

Pass System
Advance passes can be obtained free of charge beginning November 1 at the Galle
ry's East Building. Passes can also be obtained at all Ticketmaster locations
and Hecht Co. stores for a service charge of $2.00 per pass. Through Ticketmast
er Phone-Charge there is a $3.00 service fee per pass and $1.00 handling fee
per order. For this service call one of the following numbers:

Washington, DC    Baltimore, MD   Nationwide toll-free
(202) 432-SEAT    (410) 481-SEAT  (800) 551-SEAT

There will be a limited number of same-day passes available free of charge in
the East Building at 4th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., beginning No-
vember 22. The passes will be distributed each day thereafter on a first-come,
first-served basis at the Gallery between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
and Saturdays and between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Sundays.
For more information on passes call (202) 842-6684

Sunday Lectures   4:00 p.m. East Building Large Auditorium

November 22, "New Perceptions of Sculpture under Democracy"
              Olga Tzachou-Alexandri, Director, Nat'l Archaeol. Museum, Athens

January 3,   "A Tour of Classical Athens"
              John Camp, Asst director of the Agora excavations,
                         American /school of Classical Studies, Athens

January 10,  "The Pheidian Vision of Athena"
              Jerome J. Pollitt, John M. Schiff Professor of Classical
                                 Archaeology and History of Art, Yale Univ.

February 7,  "Blacks as seen by ancient Eguptian, Greek, and Roman Artists"
              Franck Snowden, Professor of Classics Emeritus, Howard Univ.


Public Symposium

Bronzes and Marbles of Classical Greece


Saturday, January 9, 1993
11:00 - 4:00 East Building Auditorium

11:00 Moderator: Diana Buitron-Oliver, guest curator

      Classical Sculpture: Traditions in Marble, Innovations in Bronze,
      and developments in Style and Technique

      Carol Mattusch, Professor of art history, George Mason Univ.


      Greek Bronze Statuettes in the Second Quarter of the Fifth Century B.C.

      Sophie Descamps, curator of classical antiquities Musee du Louvre


Intermission

      Classical Greek Nuditity and the Rhetoric of Praise

      Andrew Stewart, professor of art history, Univ. of California, Berkeley


      The Concept of Beauty in Classical Reliefs

      Mary Sturgeon, professor of art history, Univ. of N. Carolina,Chapel Hill


Closing Remarks

      Peter G. Calligas, director, Acropolis Museum, Athens [tentative]



 Auta. Uparxoun kai duo alles seires omiliwn ka0e Trith, alla den tis para0etw
logw xronou kai logw oti peftoun mesobdomada

Arhs
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