Museum Lecture: Savannah Marquardt
"Afterlives of South Italian Vas Painting: Restoration and Fabrication of Ancient Art in Eighteenth-Century Naples" When the magnificent red-figure vases now recognized as "Ancient Greek" first began to be systematically removed from graves in Southern Italy in the eighteenth-century, they captivated antiquarian audiences. Wealthy collectors were struck by the desire to own-and to improve-ancient history. […]
