What can we know about ancient dance? Why did European avant-garde artists look to the past at the beginning of the twentieth century? This exhibition presented images of dance from antiquity in art and culture, as well as the influence of this history on modernist reinventions of the Ballets Russes (1909–1929). Linked to the gods, these creatures provided a divinely protected and ritualized entryway into the inner city of Babylon. One of the city's most spectacular monuments was the Ishtar Gate and its affiliated Processional Way-a double gate and long causeway featuring hundreds of colorful, life-size beasts. The city was carefully built and richly decorated to emphasize its political and religious importance. At its height, Babylon was the cosmopolitan center of a vast ancient Middle Eastern empire. On the banks of the Euphrates River, sixty miles from Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, lies the ancient city of Babylon. A WONDER TO BEHOLDĬraftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate Galen's prolific writings provide not only an account of the ancient healing arts and attendant debates, but also a broader sense of life in the Roman Empire. Additionally, he described the several crises of his day, including the Great Fire and the Antonine Plague.

A learned, accomplished physician, he treated a range of patients-men and women, adults and children, peasants and emperors-afflicted with a variety of conditions. 216 CE), this richly-illustrated, interactive online exhibition contextualizes the doctor's biography within the ancient medical landscape as well as within his broader historical situation. Presenting the life of the influential Roman doctor Galen (129–ca. Prosperity, Plague, and Healing in Ancient Rome This exhibition presented an exciting opportunity to learn about ancient painting, the tastes and values of the Romans who lived with these works, as well as the techniques used by the artists who created them. Seldom exhibited outside Italy, these remarkably well-preserved frescoes invite us to see beyond the ashes of the tragic city, and instead experience the vibrant world of the ancient Roman home as the Pompeians themselves knew it. Among these important works-all originally from Roman homes-are paintings representing dynamic mythological scenes, inviting landscapes, sumptuous still lifes, astonishing trompe-l’oeil, captivating portraits, and energetic genre scenes. Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Painting presented thirty-five frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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