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    The Walters Art Museum to exhibit "Heroes: Mortals & Myths in Ancient Greece"
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    Statues, reliefs, vases, bronzes and jewelry will be combined with literary quotes to illustrate the lives of heroes and heroines, including their tasks, adversaries, challenges, failures and private moments. "We are so pleased to have loans from such highly regarded museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Archeological Museum in Athens and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" said Walters' Director Gary Vikan. Full Article at Art Knowledge News
    We are so pleased to have loans from such highly regarded museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Archeological Museum in Athens and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    SOURCE: Art Knowledge News 2 months ago
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The Walters Art Museum to exhibit "Heroes: Mortals & Myths in Ancient Greece"
  1. Christine is a true and abiding hero of our time
    SOURCE: Art Knowledge News 2 months ago
  2. Odysseus-like in her commitment to the Walters Art Museum, she was a compassionate advocate for the audiences we strive to serve.
    SOURCE: Art Knowledge News 2 months ago
  3. First, heroes had superhuman powers but were mortals who were believed to have lived and died, and second, becoming a hero in the Greek sense occurred only after death
    SOURCE: Art Knowledge News 2 months ago
  4. The Walters has one of the largest and finest collections of ancient Greek art in the United States and with the contributions of these outstanding lenders, along with many others, the exhibition will allow a greater understanding of heroes past as well as examine our own attitudes towards the heroes of...
    SOURCE: Art Knowledge News 2 months ago

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