Tag Archive for Antiquities

Masterclasses | Looking at Greek Vases with Melbourne University and the Ian Potter Museum of Art

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Two masterclasses presented by the University of Melbourne and the Ian Potter Museum of Art. The Mysteries of Thera: Pompeii of the Bronze Age Aegean, Saturday August 24 Sometimes referred to as the mythical Atlantis, Thera (modern day Santorini) was buried by a volcanic eruption over 1600 years before Pompeii, preserving some of the most startling and exquisite artworks of the ancient world. The Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne presents an afternoon of masterclasses on the religion, art and culture of this bronze age Aegean site with…

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Exhibition: Treasures - Antiquities from Melbourne private collections

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Attributed to The Painter of the Macinagrossa Stand, Apulian, Southern Italy, ‘Loutrophoros (a vessel bringing water for washing)’, c. 315 BCE, ceramic, height: 58.4 cm. Private collection, Melbourne

Treasures: Antiquities from Melbourne Private Collections Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, 22nd October 2011 – 15th April 2012 Treasures: Antiquities from Melbourne Private Collections opens at the Ian Potter Museum of Art on October 22nd. the exhibition will feature objects from ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East – some over 5000 years old, and many presented for public display for the first time. The exhibition’s curator Dr Andrew Jamieson says that ‘Melbourne is fortunate to have a number of important private collections of antiquities. These intricately crafted…

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