A distinguished scholar of classical archeology will discuss near eastern iconography and the Homeric poems in ancient Greece in a lecture at Bates College on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Coldstream, Yates Professor in Classical Archeology Emeritus of University College, London, will deliver the talk, “The Rise of Greek Figured Art: Daily Life, Fantasy and Myth<\/em>,” as the last of three in a lecture series, “Speaking Pictures, Seeing Stories: Visual and Textual Representation in the Classical and Medieval World<\/em>,” offered by the Classical and Medieval Studies Program at Bates.<\/p>\n “The eighth century BC is one of the most creative periods in the history of Western art: creative, in the sense that a tradition of figured representation arose in Greece virtually out of nothing,” Coldstream said. This development “coincides with the composition of the Homeric poems, and a gradually increasing acquaintance with the fantastic monsters of Near Eastern iconography. I will explore the balance between these elements and the experiences of daily life,” Coldstream said of his talk.<\/p>\n An honorary fellow of University College, London, Coldstream is the author of numerous publications on classical Greek archeology including “Greek Geometric Pottery: a study of ten local styles and their chronology<\/em>” (London, 1968); “Kythera: Excavations and Studies<\/em>” with G.L. Huxley (London, 1973); “Knossos: the Sanctuary of Demeter<\/em>” (“British School at Athens” Suppl. 8, 1973); “Geometric Greece<\/em>” (London, 1977) and the forthcoming “Knossos: the North Cemetary<\/em>” with H.W. Catling (“British School at Athens” Suppl. 1996.)<\/p>\n A King’s Scholar at Eton College, Coldstream was a Foundation Scholar and received a BA, First Class Honours in Parts I and II of Classical Tripos from King’s College, Cambridge. He served as a member of the faculty at the University of London, Bedford College, for 15 years before being named Yates Professor of Classical Archeology at University College, London, in 1983.<\/p>\n Coldstream is a member of the managing committee and trustee of the British School at Athens as well as a fellow for the British Academy and the Society of Antiquaries, London.<\/p>\n For further information, call 786-6077.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nicholas Coldstream, Yates Professor in Classical Archeology Emeritus of University College, London, will deliver the talk, “The Rise of Greek Figured Art: Daily Life, Fantasy and Myth,” as the last of three in a lecture series, “Speaking Pictures, Seeing Stories: Visual and Textual Representation in the Classical and Medieval World,” offered by the Classical and Medieval Studies Program at Bates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[11010,39],"tags":[6135],"class_list":["post-21618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-event-highlights","tag-music-tag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92216,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21618\/revisions\/92216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}