Bodies ReMade: Ancient Figures as Modern Matters

Description

This one-day colloquium will explore modern remakings of ancient bodily forms in context, querying their material, sociocultural, intellectual, and political implications. Speakers will consider media such as plaster casts, renderings of ancient sculpture in historical print culture, and contemporary artistic engagements. The colloquium is associated with the Baltimore ReCast Classics Research Lab.

For a map and further details, visit https://classics.jhu.edu/event/bodies-remade-ancient-forms-as-modern-matters/.

This event is sponsored by the JHU Department of Classics.