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Lecture Series

The Magna Graecia lecture series will introduce an international group of speakers to provide an in-depth look into the times and places of Magna Graecia.

The Magna Graecia lecture series is free of charge with museum admission.

Greek Pottery in South Italy and Sicily: Style and Iconography
Sunday February 9
2 p.m.
Dr. Mario Iozzo, director of the Center for Conservation in Florence and director of the Archaeological Museum of Chiusi, Italy, will address how each Greek city in Magna Graecia produced figured pottery since the early settlement of the region. Intended for daily use as well as for funerary or sacred uses, these vases show a great variety of style and iconography. Due to the many influences, commercial and cultural, in such a well-traveled area, a noticeable eclecticism characterizes this vast production.

Magna Graecia Rediscovered: Agrigento and Paestum on the Grand Tour
Sunday, February 16
2 p.m.
Aaron J. Paul, Richard E. Perry Curator of Greek and Roman Art, focuses on the rediscovery of Magna Graecia in our modern era, discussing the travels of the poet and dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and other 18th century travelers to the region, illustrated by engravings from 18th century publications which became the earliest "travel guides" to south Italy and Sicily.

From Poseidonia to Paestrum
Thursday, February 27
6:30 p.m.
Dr. Marina Cipriani, director of the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum, Paestum, Italy, will address the topographical history and monuments of Poseidonia-Paestum, from the foundation to the conquest by the Lucanian people.

Archaic Gela: Tyranny and Cults (Gela arcaica: La tirannide e I culti)
Thursday, March 6
6:30 p.m.
Dr. Rosealba Panvini, Director of the Archaeological Service of the Superintendency of Caltanisetta, Caltanisetta, will discuss the recently discovered, and now famous, terracotta altars from Gela included in the Magna Graecia exhibition. Given in Italian with an English translation.

Ancient Greek Sculpture in South Italy and Sicily
Thursday, March 13
6:30 p.m.
Dr. Carlos Picon, curator in charge, Department of Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York will lecture on the aspects of Archaic and Classical Greek sculpture in Magna Graecia. Works in terracotta, marble, and bronze, from the 6th century to the 4th century B.C. will be discussed.

Magna Graecia: Greek Art at the Edge
Thursday, March 27
7 p.m.
Dr John Griffiths Pedley, professor emeritus, University of Michigan, will discuss impulses and trends in the art of the Western Greeks. Highlighting achievements in which Magna Graecia takes the lead, the lecture will challenge the long-held view of Western Greek art as provincial.

From Athens to Sicily: Greek Heroes in the Western Colonies
Sunday, March 30
4 p.m.
Dr. Alan Shapiro, W. H. Collins Vickers Professor of Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University, will explore the imagery of some of the most popular Greek heroes, including Herakles, Tripolemos, and Perseus, as they were depicted on Athenian vases exported to South Italy and Sicily, and then adapted to locally produced sculpture and painting.

The Distinctive Character of the Art of Magna Graecia
Thursday, April 3
6:30 p.m.
Dr. Barbara Barletta, coordinator, Art History Program/Professor - Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, will explore the characteristics that make the art of Southern Italy and Sicily distinctive from that of other parts of the Greek World.

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