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Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms:
From Pergamon to Rome
Symposium May 4 – 5, 2016,
10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Symposium Evening Keynote Lecture:
Mummies from the Ice: The World
of Scythian Warriors in the Altay
Permafrost May 5, 2016, 6 – 7:15 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Leading scholars share new research
that expands our understanding of the
significance of Hellenistic art.
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May 5
Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms:
From Pergamon to Rome
Keynote
6 – 7:15 PM
Leibniz Lecture Introduction
Dorothee Dzwonnek, Secretary General, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
(DFG, German Research Foundation)
Leibniz Lecture
Mummies from the Ice: The World of Scythian Warriors in the Altay Permafrost
Hermann Parzinger, President, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Germany
German
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Free with Museum admission;
reservations and tickets are not
required. Seating is available on
a first-come, first-served basis.
The keynote lecture is free; please
use the ground-level entrance
at Fifth Avenue and 83rd Street
Assistive listening devices are
available from the ushers.
Image: Rhyton in the Form of a Centaur
(detail). Greek, Hellenistic period, ca. 160 B.C.
Silver, partially gilt, H. 8 ⅝ in. (22 cm).
Discovered in Falerii (Cività Castellana, Italy).
Antikensammlung, Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Vienna (VIIa 49)
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May 4 Pergamene Studies
May 4 Hellenistic Sculpture
MORNING SESSION A 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
AFTERNOON SESSION A 1:30 – 4:30 PM
Director’s Welcome
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO, The Met
Diadems, Royal Hair, and the Berlin Attalos
R. R. R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art,
University of Oxford
Introductory Remarks
Carlos A. Picón, Curator in Charge, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Dorothee Dzwonnek, Secretary General, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Monumental – Impressive – Unique:
Hellenistic Art and Architecture in the Restored Pergamon Museum
Andreas Scholl, Director, Collection of Classical Antiquities, The National Museums
in Berlin, Germany
Luxury Goods from Pergamon in Hellenistic Times
Agnes Schwarzmaier, Curator, Collection of Classical Antiquities, The National
Museums in Berlin, Germany
Pergamon and Its Micro-Region in Light of Recent Research
Felix Pirson, Director, German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Istanbul, Turkey
Discussion
Hellenistic and Roman Commemorative Military Sculpture: A Bronze Torso
in The Met
Seán Hemingway, Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Dorothy H. Abramitis, Conservator, Department of Objects Conservation, The Met
Karen Stamm, Conservator, Department of Objects Conservation, The Met
Metallic Polychromy in Terms of Hellenistic Legacy:
Roman Statuettes of an African Boy in the Pose of an Orator
Sophie Descamps, Curator, Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities,
Louvre Museum, France
An Early Hellenistic Votive Statuette in The Met: Alexander-Dionysos?
Kiki Karoglou, Assistant Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Falling Hero: A Drunken Herakles in The Met
Lillian Bartlett Stoner, Research Assistant, Department of Greek and Roman Art,
The Met
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INDEPENDENT VIEWING OF THE EXHIBITION A 12:15 – 1:30 PM
Pergamene Reflections in the Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi
Olga Palagia, Professor of Classical Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Greece
Discussion
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May 5 Hellenistic Decorative Arts I
May 5 Hellenistic Decorative Arts II
MORNING SESSION A 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
AFTERNOON SESSION A 1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hellenistic Newcomers
Carlos A. Picón, Curator in Charge, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Early Portraits of Alexander the Great:
The Numismatic Evidence
Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Executive Director, American Numismatic Society
From Pergamon to Rome and from Rome to Pergamon: A Highly Fruitful Gift
Alessandro Viscogliosi, Full Professor, Department of History, Representation
and Restoration of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Poets, Performers, and Riddles in Hellenistic Mosaics
Christine Kondoleon, George and Margo Behrakis Senior Curator of Greek and
Roman Art, Department of Art of the Ancient World, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Late Hellenistic Sculpture and Roman Taste
Paul Zanker, Dietrich von Bothmer Distinguished Research Scholar, Department
of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Discussion
All That Glitters Is Not Gold:
Hellenistic Glass
Christopher S. Lightfoot, Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Precious Gems and Poetry in the Hellenistic Royal Courts
Jeffrey Spier, Senior Curator, Antiquities Department, J. Paul Getty Museum
Faience in the Hellenistic World
Marsha Hill, Curator, Department of Egyptian Art, The Met
Pergamene Pottery:
At Home and Abroad
Susan I. Rotroff, Jarvis Thurston and Mona Van Duyn Professor Emerita,
Washington University in St. Louis
Transformations in Hellenistic Greek Pottery
Joan R. Mertens, Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
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INDEPENDENT VIEWING OF THE EXHIBITION A 12:15 – 1:30 PM
Discussion
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The Symposium is made possible by
Mary and Michael Jaharis and the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG, German Research Foundation).
German Research Foundation
It is presented in conjunction with
the exhibition Pergamon and the
Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient
World on view April 18–July 17, 2016
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition is made possible by
the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
and Betsy and Edward Cohen / Areté
Foundation.
Additional support is provided by
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman, Renée
Belfer, Diane Carol Brandt, Gilbert and
Ildiko Butler, Mary and Michael Jaharis,
and The Vlachos Family Fund.
It is supported by an Indemnity from
the Federal Council on the Arts and
the Humanities.
The catalogue is made possible by
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
James and Mary Hyde Ottaway, Mary
and Michael Jaharis, and the Jenny
Boondas Fund.
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