Debbie Loftus
Lines of Site: The Parthenon Frieze
Please note: this event has been CANCELLED
Tue 28 January 2020 - Fri 27 March 2020
Museum of Classical Archaeology
The bleached and broken stones that make up the Parthenon frieze as we see it today are like an immense beautiful jigsaw from which innumerable pieces have been lost. Those absences are poignant because they remind us that we are seeing isolated pieces of a distant, seemingly perfect world that can never be recaptured in its pristine entirety.
But this vision of the shattered stones is a romantic creation.
The colour choices made by ancient artists can seem garish to modern eyes, while the Parthenon itself is a war memorial, paid for with protection money. Over the centuries the magnificent temple and sculptures have suffered immense damage: some of it accidental, but mostly caused deliberately by vandals and warring factions.
The weathered stones that survive are facets of a historical process that stretches back 2,500 years. The stories they tell, recorded in the fractures and absences that inform Lines of Site, resonate richly with contemporary life.
Cost: Free
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Friday every week from Tuesday 28 January 2020 until Saturday 28 March 2020
10:00am-1:00pm Saturday every week from Saturday 1 February 2020 until Friday 20 March 2020
All times
Tue 28 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 January 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 4 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 7 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 11 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 18 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 25 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 February 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 3 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 4 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 5 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 6 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 7 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 10 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 11 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 12 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 13 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 14 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Tue 17 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 18 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 19 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 20 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 24 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 25 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 26 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 27 March 2020 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |