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Pompeii: Myth and Reality Virtual Lecture

July 21, 2021
6:00 pm-7:00 pm

OKCMOA is thrilled to welcome several world-renowned scholars of ancient Roman art and history this summer in conjunction with our exciting summer exhibition, The Painters of Pompeii. The first in this series will be Pompeii: Myth and Reality, with Kenneth Lapatin, Ph.D., Curator of Antiquities, The J. Paul Getty Museum. This lecture will be held online.

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This program is funded in part by Oklahoma Humanities (OH) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).  Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the program do not necessarily represent those of OH or NEH.

The Roman towns around the Bay of Naples destroyed and paradoxically preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE are often considered “time capsules” that today provide us with unique insights into the minute details of the daily lives of their inhabitants as if they were flash-frozen in a single moment. But while Pompeii and the Vesuvian cities undoubtedly reveal much about the ancient world, they have, since their rediscovery in the early 1700s, functioned as much as mirrors of an ever-changing present as transparent windows to the past. This lecture addresses some common misconceptions about Pompeii and nearby sites in light of both new discoveries and careful reexamination of modern assumptions and retrojections over the last three centuries. The past, though indisputably behind us, is constantly reinvented to serve the shifting needs of the present.

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For questions or assistance with registration, please email learn@okcmoa.com or call (405) 278-8237. This lecture will be held online. Registrants will receive information for viewing the lecture via email.

 

Credits: Archivio Fotografico del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

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