From: efstse@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu (Serafim Efstratiadis)
Subject: Exhibition-Greek Miracle, Washington D.C.
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:30:11 GMT

In The Hellenic Discussion List <HELLAS@UGA.BITNET>, the following announcement
was submitted by ARistotelHS <APAPA@AMERICAN.EDU>:


                       E X H I B I T I O N

    The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpture 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
Gallery'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 Ticketmaster 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
November 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]
 
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Serafim....................................................................M=H
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