Tag: sculpture

• Signs of the Times: Ancient Symbols Reused by Hate Groups

  

  For the past year and half, I have written extensively about the appropriation of ancient symbols, texts, and material culture as a rallying point for hate and marginalization within the U.S. and Europe. I wanted to take a moment to aggregate this work, to address how and why ancient historians are working to record this […]

  sarahemilybond

  September 15, 2018

  Art and Graphics, diversity, hyperallergic, open access, The State of the Field, Uncategorized

  alt right, ancient rome, antiquity, fasces, Fascism, sculpture, spqr, symbols, vexillations

• A Reversed Perspective: Looking at Greek and Roman Art from Behind(s)

  

  A few weeks ago, I began to ponder the ways in which Greek and Roman art is presented within the modern museum context–and to ruminate on whether we put a bit too much emphasis on the perceived front of a piece of art rather than the side or back of it. This led to a […]

  sarahemilybond

  June 24, 2018

  ancient clothing, Art and Graphics, color, digital humanities, The State of the Field, Uncategorized, women

  ancient art, ancient roman, digital humanities, Greek, hashtags, polychromy, sculpture, Twitter, Ulysses