Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

That the visual experience of ballet performance resembles dreams has been a particularly popular idea in modern times, repeatedly stated in influential nineteenth- century ballet criticism, such as that of Théophile Gautier and Stéphane Mallarmé. This talk will explore the cognitive and broader aesthetic implications of this exciting notion and will trace similar approaches to dance in Greek and Greco-Roman antiquity.

Published 02/27/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2018-2019

Join us in the galleries for a 20-minute in-depth discussion of a single object from Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes. Every Wednesday from March 6 - May 29 we will focus on one object and explore its specific history, iconography, and manufacture in this brief lunchtime talk. Each discussion will feature a different object, and visitors are welcome to return for a fresh conversation each week.

Published 03/18/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2018-2019

Join us in the galleries for a 20-minute in-depth discussion of a single object from Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes. Every Wednesday from March 6 - May 29 we will focus on one object and explore its specific history, iconography, and manufacture in this brief lunchtime talk. Each discussion will feature a different object, and visitors are welcome to return for a fresh conversation each week.

Published 04/01/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2018-2019

Part of a series of lunchtime gallery talks: Wednesdays, March 6–May 29,11:30–11:50am Join us in the galleries for a 20-minute in-depth discussion of a single object from Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes. In this brief lunchtime talk, participants will engage in a guided conversation exploring the specific history, iconography, and manufacture of one of the objects on view in our current exhibition. Each weekly gallery talk will feature a different object presented by one of the Exhibitions staff, and visitors are welcome to return for a fresh conversation each week. This week, our Object History will be presented by Kate Justement, the Exhibitions Graduate Assistant at ISAW. Registration is not required.

Published 04/01/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event, hymn-to-apollo Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2018-2019

ISAW is pleased to host a screening of the groundbreaking documentary "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" written and directed by Jurgen Buedst and Sahim Omar Kalifa. The screening will be preceded by a pre-recorded conversation between the director Jurgen Buedts and the Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2023-2024

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Please join us as Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Co-curator of ISAW’s Through the Lens, Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq exhibition, hosts a conversation with Pedro Azara (Barcelona University) and artists Nadine Hattom and Mahmoud Obaidi as they discuss the genesis of this project. Pedro, Nadine, and Mahmoud will address the themes of the exhibition, discuss the contemporary artworks on display, and evaluate the role of photography in the depiction and understanding of ancient Iraq.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2023-2024

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2023-2024

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. To celebrate the opening of the Institute of the Study of the Ancient World’s new exhibition Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani’s Visions of Ancient Iraq, join us for a screening of Iraq’s Invisible Beauty (2022), a documentary exploring the work and life of the father of Iraqi photography, Latif Al Ani.

Published 06/27/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2023-2024

This workshop will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Expanding the Ancient World is a series of professional development workshops and online resources for teachers. Learn more about Islamic art and material culture during the early Medieval Period (711–1031 CE) through the ISAW exhibition "Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain."

Published 09/09/2024 — filed under: exhibition-event, ETAW Located in Events

Published 08/08/2016 — filed under: exhibition-event, video Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2016-2017

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