About our webinars:
This new series of webinars considers rare surviving examples of Greek painting in its archaeological setting, namely palaces, houses, temples, and tombs. It will explore the extent to which the works’ original locations informed their pictorial programs, and demonstrate how ancient painters adapted their subjects to new contexts. Recent discoveries and new scientific advances have led to reevaluations of older material and exciting breakthroughs. In these seven webinars, expert scholars will discuss how paintings on walls and vases relate to their physical contexts as well as to their patrons. This series will be moderated by Prof. Dimitris Plantzos, author of The Art of Painting in Ancient Greece (Kapon 2018), and Prof. Jenifer Neils, Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Moderatos:
- Jenifer Neils, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Dimitris Plantzos, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
Short Bios:
Jenifer Neils is the Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Formerly, she held two chaired Professorships at Case Western Reserve University in both Classics and Art History. As a field archaeologist, she has excavated in Greece and Italy, and as a curator she has organized two major international exhibitions of Greek art. She has produced over a dozen books on the painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece. One of her favorite activities as Director of the American School is leading students to numerous sites and museums throughout Greece.
Dimitris Plantzos is associate professor of classical archeology at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has published extensively on Greek art, archeological theory and classical reception. He is the author of Greek Art and Archeology c. 1200-30 BC (Kapon Editions and Lockwood Press: Athens and Atlanta GA 2016) and co-editor of A Companion to Greek Art (Wiley-Blackwell: Malden MA and Oxford 2018)
