Containing Antiquity

Students are lucky if they get to study works of art in person.
But 13 Duke students did more than look at works of art from the ancient Mediterranean world: They pored over heroic battle scenes and ancient symbols, compared bronze and stone to terracotta, discovered “conversations” among some objects and worked with a conservator to restore the luster of others. The students were part of a spring 2010 seminar, taught by professor Carla Antonaccio in Duke’s Department of Classical Studies, where they co-organized a new exhibition at the Nasher Museum, “Containing Antiquity.”

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