McMullen
Events Calendar
All events and programs are free and open to the public.
Free group tours may be arranged by calling the Museum at 617-552-8587.
For a calendar of all Boston
College events, visit the Boston
College Event Calendar. |
February 3, 4–5:15 p.m.
Lecture: The Problem with Parthian Art at Dura-Europos
By Lucinda Dirven, Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Amsterdam.
FREE
Open to the public
ILA Institute for Liberal Arts 10 Stone Ave.
With his article "Dura and the Problem of Parthian art" (YCS, 1935), Michael Rostovtzeff firmly connected figurative monuments from Dura-Europos dated to the first three centuries of the Common Era to the art of the Parthian court. This lecture sets out to explain the longevity of Rostovtzeff's ideas about Parthian art and subsequently argues that it hampers a proper stylistic analysis of the Dura-monuments. Figurative monuments from Dura-Europos have nothing to do with Parthia, but are closely related to nearby Palmyra instead.
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum of Art and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. 617.552.8587. artmusm@bc.edu
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February 4, 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Lecture: Death in the Dark, Blood in the Streets: Mine Combat and Street Fighting at Dura-Europos, Syria, ca. 256 CE
By Simon James, Reader in Archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK.
FREE
Open to the public
Location: Devlin Hall room 101
On the possible use of chemical warfare during the Sasanian Persian siege of the Roman fortress city of Dura-Europos, Syria, in 256 CE.
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum of Art and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. 617.552.8587. artmusm@bc.edu |
February 7, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Opening celebration: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity
FREE
Open to the public
McMullen Museum
Exhibition viewing, opening remarks, and refreshments.
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum of Art
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. 617.552.8587. artmusm@bc.edu |
February 28, 5–6:15 p.m.
Lecture: The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright
Their Evolution and Conservation
By T.K. McClintock, Director Studio TKM Conservation of fine Art and Historic Works on Paper and conservator to the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives
FREE
Open to the public
Devlin 101
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum of Art
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. 617.552.8587. artmusm@bc.edu |
March 21, 4–5:15 p.m.
Lecture: Conservation Crossroads: Treatment of the Dura-Europos Artifacts and Paintings
By Carol Snow, Object Conservator, Yale University Art Gallery.
FREE
Open to the public
Location: Devlin Hall room 101.
The time of the Dura-Europos excavations was a crossroads for conservation of art and archaeological materials as new synthetic materials and scientific methods began to replace more traditional materials and techniques. This presentation will explore the changing practices and philosophies in conservation as they relate to the treatments of the artifacts and paintings done at the time of excavation and in the decades leading up to the exhibition Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity on view now at the McMullen Museum.
Sponsored by the McMullen Museum of Art and T. K. McClintock
www.bc.edu/artmuseum. 617.552.8587. artmusm@bc.edu |
April 4, 2011. 5:00-6:15 p.m.
Lecture: ''Pagans" and their Gods in the Synagogue of Dura-Europos
By Tessa Rajak, Somerville College, Oxford University Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, University of Reading
FREE
Open to the public
Location: Devlin Hall room 101.
Sponsor: Institute for Liberal Arts, McMullen Museum of Art and the Department of Classics |
April 26, 2011. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Lecture: Books on a Budget: Cost Reduction before Print
By
Erik Kwakkel, Lecturer in paleography at Leiden University Institute for
Cultural Disciplines
FREE
Open to the public
Location: Devlin Hall room 101.
Sponsor: McMullen Museum and Calderwood chair in Islamic Art |
