Art History 201: October 29, 2008

Art History 201:
Antiquity from Prehistory through the Roman Empire
Janetta Rebold Benton, Distinguished Professor of Art History and Director of the Pforzheimer Honors College, Pace University.

Building on the foundation provided by the Art History 101 lectures last season, this series offers more advanced insight into the many styles of architecture, sculpture, and painting created from prehistory to our own day. This fall the lecturer studies prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aegean, Greek, and Roman art and compares contemporary achievements throughout the world.

This week’s topic:

October 29
Aegean and Early Greek Art, Geometric and Archaic; Palaces on Crete; Early Ceramics; Figures in Greece, China, and Mexico

Official Website: http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets