Vivid Workshop 121 Greek
Mozell Battista
Art and Performance in Classical Greece
Mary Louise Hart, associate curator of antiquities, the J. Paul Getty Museum, explores the creativity behind the vivid depictions of actors and stagecraft in ancient Greece. These objects represent the inherent ingenuity of their makers, and are often the only surviving evidence of classical Greek theater. Free; a ticket is required.
Hear an audio recording of this lecture.
Saturday, October 30, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Auditorium
'I just wanted to drop you an email to thank you for the workshop you delivered on Tuesday. The children had a fantastic day and learnt so much in preparation for our topic. Many of the parents who attended parents' evening have commented on how much the children enjoyed the day.'
Experience a 12-night sketchbook travel journal workshop that is equal parts an art program and a discovery of Greece. Teaching artist Koosje will lead a daily, on-site class inspired by the places we visit. Using drawing, watercolor, and possibly writing and emphemera, your sketchbook journals will capture people, places, and moments experienced along the way. Perhaps more importantly, each page will be rich with vivid memories of your travels.
Your place on a tour is secured once we have received and confirmed your deposit payment. Before the final payment date, a non-refundable deposit of $500 for walking vacations and $750 for art vacation workshops is required. After the final payment date, the entire tour amount must be received to hold a space on a program.
This is a smaller version of an altarpiece El Greco painted for the chapel in Toledo where he would be buried (that work is now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid). He repeated the subject frequently, and this example was made in collaboration with workshop assistants who were familiar with his idiosyncrasies of palette and form. In comparison with another version hanging nearby, the figures here are more tightly cropped, resulting in a greater sense of immediacy. The lower halves of the two foreground figures in particular have been greatly elongated, not extending into space but trailing along the picture plane.
Sadly our Tuscany workshop has come to an end. Everyone had a wonderful time, and I thank you guys for making this such a memorable trip! From the amazing Tuscan vistas dotted with cypress, wildflowers and grape-vines, to the cobbled medieval hill towns, to the world-class museums & history-filled architecture, to the mouth-watering pastas, cheeses, meats & of course, wines, we will treasure the memories forever.
Italy here we come! Scott Williams and I are off to teach our photography & painting workshop in Tuscany. Our path will take our group to the medieval towns, cypress tree-lined roads and glorious sun drenched splendor of the rolling hills that are Tuscany. Whether you are a painter or photographer, this unique workshop has been designed to allow you to hone your skills and expand your creativity, all while furthering your artistic voice. Choosing which aspects interest you, we will help guide you to capture the architecture and breathtaking vistas flooded with their extraordinary quality of light, on either canvas or film.
I would introduce myself as a serial entrepreneur and a lifelong experimenter. I have a passion for working in various different fields and starting new projects from scratch. I am an architect working in small and big projects in Greece and abroad and I own and run a real estate company abroad. At the same time, I operate Rountes Fountes my creative company as I like to refer to. Rountes Fountes designs and produces stationery products and crafts items as well as organizing purpose varied workshops for meal preparation, art de la table, healthy eating and journaling.
When John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a highly original interpretation of the development and meaning of ancient Greek drama. Rehearsals of Manhood makes this groundbreaking work available for the first time, presenting an entirely novel picture of Greek tragedy and a vivid portrait of the cultural poetics of Athenian manhood.
Ancient Athens was a military conclave as well as an urban capital, and male citizens were expected to embody the ideal of the Athenian citizen-soldier. Winkler understands Attic drama as a secular manhood ritual, a collaborative aesthetic and civic enterprise focused on the initiation of boys into manhood and the training, testing, and representation of young male warriors. Past efforts to discover the origins and development of Greek tragedy have largely treated drama as a literary genre, isolating it from other Athenian social practices. Winkler returns Greek tragedy to its social context, showing how it was one among many forms of display and performance cultivated by elite males in ancient Greece.
The final work of a celebrated classical scholar, Rehearsals of Manhood highlights the civic function of the dramatic festivals at classical Athens as occasions for the examination and representation of boys on the verge of manhood, and offers a fresh explanation of how dramatic performance fit into the social life and gender politics of the Athenian state.
Join writer-scholar Jameela F. Dallis to compose ekphrastic poems inspired by printed matter found throughout the collection. Ekphrasis means description in Greek, and these poems are often vivid descriptions of works of art. For ages 16 and up.
Our next article, by five archaeologists who work in the Aegean, describes the recent excavation of a Bronze Age dye workshop in eastern Crete. Evidence that dyes were produced at Alatzomouri-Pefka is provided not only by the physical remains of rock-cut vats and basins, but also by the residues found in pots recovered at the site. This article is illustrated with wall paintings from Akrotiri, Thera, that demonstrate the vibrant colors used in ancient textile production.
Recently, while conducting a poetry workshop at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, I tried another approach. I had been spending some time thinking and writing about Icarus and Daedalus, and I wanted to see how that myth might inspire these talented students, whose poetry had won them an invitation to the annual festival. Since the labyrinth is such a dominant part of the story, I decided to start there.
The biggest influencer of Greek culture is its ancient history, but there's much more to it than just the fascinating archeological sites. Dig a bit deeper and attend a marble workshop on Tinos or hike to the watermills of Talanta. Discover the 7th-century-BCE marble statue of Kouros on Naxos or explore Santorini's rural Mesa Vouno, dotted with white churches. Meet locals, taste delicious delicacies, and dive into Greece's exceptional cultural characteristics and history. Learn more about how to get off the beaten path in Greece.
Discover the island of Naxos, past to present. You'll start in the small village of Damalas and enjoy a pottery workshop with a local ceramist. Learn the important role that this ancient craft played throughout Greece, then view the village's restored olive press. Next, visit Chalki, a village adorned with neoclassical mansions, to tour a kitron distillery and taste Greece's famed liqueur. Other highlights include the paleo-Christian church of Panagia Drosiani, the picturesque mountain village of Apiranthos, and the area of Flerio, which once produced the island's marble. Here you'll find the massive 7th-century-BCE marble statue of Kouros, known simply as "The Greek." Read More
Much of the craftsmanship of ancient Greece was part of the domestic sphere. However, the situation gradually changed between the 8th and 4th centuries BC, with the increased commercialization of the Greek economy. Thus, weaving and baking, activities so important to the Western late medieval economy, were done only by women before the 6th century BC. After the growth of commerce, slaves started to be used widely in workshops. Only fine dyed tissues, like those made with Tyrian purple, were created in workshops. On the other hand, working with metal, leather, wood, or clay was a specialized activity that was looked down upon by most Greeks.
The basic workshop was often family-operated. Lysias's shield manufacture employed 350 slaves; Demosthenes' father, a maker of swords, used 32. After the death of Pericles in 429 BC, a new class emerged: that of the wealthy owners and managers of workshops. Examples include Cleon and Anytus, noted tannery owners, and Kleophon, whose factory produced lyres.
Non-slave workers were paid by assignment since the workshops could not guarantee regular work. In Athens, those who worked on state projects were paid one drachma per day, no matter what craft they practised. The workday generally began at sunrise and ended in the afternoon.
Pottery in ancient Greece was most often the work of slaves. Many of the potters of Athens assembled between the agora and the Dipylon, in the Kerameikon. They most often operated as small workshops, consisting of a master, several paid artisans, and slaves.
Please email Mrs. Stephanie Dyson, Classical Studies Academic Department Coordinator (dys...@dickinson.edu). Include your email, physical address, phone number, and the name of the workshop you plan to attend. A non-refundable fee is due by June 1, 2024 in the form of a check made out to Dickinson College, mailed to Stephanie Dyson, Department of Classical Studies, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA 17013.
Registered participants should plan to arrive in Carlisle, PA on July 15, in time to attend the first event of the seminar. This first event is an opening dinner and welcoming reception for all participants, which will begin at about 6:00 p.m., in which all languages are acceptable. The actual workshop sessions (in which Latin will the exclusive language) will begin early the next morning on July 16.
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