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ADMIION I FR DIRCTION 10:00 TO 5:00 National Gallery of Art Release Date: Decemer 10, 2015 National Gallery of Art Celebrates Hellenistic Bronzes Exhibition with Array of Related Public Offerings from Contemporary Greek Films to a Greek-themed Café Film still from Little ngland (Pantelis Voulgaris, 2013, DCP, sutitles, 132 minutes), to e shown at the National Galler of Art on aturda, Januar 16, at 2:30 p.m., as part of the "Athens Toda: New Greek Cinema" film series. Images courtes of Feelgood ntertainment. Washington, DC—The National Galler of Art is pleased to present a variet of pulic programs, a specialt shop, and a Greek-themed uffet to celerate Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World. Programs include smposia, lectures and spoken-word performances, galler talks, a concert, and a long list of stellar Greek films. The Galler hops offer items ranging from exquisite jewelr in ronze to reproductions of ancient sculpture. The Garden Café will offer a Greek-themed uffet menu of traditional dishes. All programs take place in the ast uilding Auditorium unless otherwise noted, and are free of charge. eating is availale on a first-come, first-seated asis. Lectures Introduction to the xhiition—Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World Decemer 13 at 2:00 p.m. Jens M. Daehner and Kenneth . Lapatin, associate curators of antiquities, The J. Paul Gett Museum. A ook signing of the exhiition catalog Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World follows. ronzes from the Aegean: The Lost Cargos and the Circumstances of Their Recover Januar 17 at 2:00 p.m. George Koutsouflakis, director, department of archaeological sites, monuments, and research, Hellenic phorate of Underwater Antiquities. This program is cosponsored the Washington, DC, ociet of the Archaeological Institute of America. What Makes a tatue? Feruar 7 at 2:00 p.m. Carol Mattusch, Math Professor of Art Histor, George Mason Universit The ronze culpture of Hellenistic Macedonia Feruar 21 at 2:00 p.m. Polxeni Adams-Veleni, archaeologist and director, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki This program is coordinated with leftherios Ikonomou, ART etc. Intercultural Dialogues, erlin, with generous funding from the Goelet Corporation, New York. From Olmpus to the treets of Constantinople: The zantine Retirement of the Ancient Gods March 3 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall Anthon Kaldellis, professor of classics, Ohio tate Universit This program is coordinated with and supported Dumarton Oaks Research Lirar and Collection. Zeus, Isis, and Dionsus in Dion at the Foothills of Mount Olmpus March 17 at 3:30 p.m. Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the oard of directors, Acropolis Museum, and professor of archaeolog, Aristotle Universit of Thessaloniki This program is coordinated with leftherios Ikonomou, ART etc. Intercultural Dialogues, erlin, with generous funding from the Goelet Corporation, New York. Panel Discussions The Afterlives of Alexander in the zantine World Feruar 11 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall Panelists include Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumarton Oaks Professor of zantine Art Histor, department of histor of art and architecture, Harvard Universit; Dimitris Kastritsis, lecturer, chool of Histor, Universit of t. Andrews; and Jonathan hea, postdoctoral teaching fellow in zantine histor, Dumarton Oaks Research Lirar and Collection and George Washington Universit. Moderated Michael Maas, director of zantine studies 2015– 2016, Dumarton Oaks Research Lirar and Collection. This program is coordinated with and supported Dumarton Oaks Research Lirar and Collection. A Priestess or a Goddess: The Prolem of Identit in ome Female Hellenistic culptures Feruar 18 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall This program is coordinated with and supported the Center for Hellenic tudies, Harvard Universit. A Poet or a God: The Iconograph of Certain earded Male ronzes Feruar 25 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall This program is coordinated with and supported the Center for Hellenic tudies, Harvard Universit. Performances with Discussion Performances of archaeological-musical tales will comine games, music, stortelling, and songs performed with an ancient reconstructed lre. Discussions will center on the cultural heritage of Greece in relation to each performance. Kmothoi's Journe Feruar 24 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall v Papadopoulou, archaeologist; Nikos Xanthoulis, assistant researcher, Academ of Athens, and tutor, Greek Open Universit. This program is coordinated with leftherios Ikonomou, ART etc. Intercultural Dialogues, erlin, with generous funding from the Goelet Corporation, New York. Nikias and Meliti’s Dream Feruar 26 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding Lecture Hall v Papadopoulou, archaeologist; Nikos Xanthoulis, assistant researcher, Academ of Athens, and tutor, Greek Open Universit. This program is coordinated with leftherios Ikonomou, ART etc. Intercultural Dialogues, erlin, with generous funding from the Goelet Corporation, New York. Homer’s Iliad and Odsse Feruar 27 at 1:00 p.m. v Papadopoulou, archaeologist; Nikos Xanthoulis, assistant researcher, Academ of Athens, and tutor, Greek Open Universit. This program is coordinated with leftherios Ikonomou, ART etc. Intercultural Dialogues, erlin, with generous funding from the Goelet Corporation, New York. Pulic mposia Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World March 18 at 2:30 p.m. Illustrated lectures Gianfranco Adornato, professor of classical archaeolog, cuole Normale uperiore, Pisa; Andrew tewart, professor of ancient Mediterranean art and archaeolog and Nicholas C. Petris Professor of Greek tudies, Universit of California, erkele, and curator of Mediterranean archaeolog, Hearst Museum of Anthropolog Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World March 19 at noon West uilding Lecture Hall Illustrated lectures Christopher A. Gregg, assistant professor of art histor, George Mason Universit; Despina Ignatiadou, head curator of the sculpture collection, National Archaeological Museum, Athens; Kenneth . Lapatin, associate curator of antiquities, The J. Paul Gett Museum; Richard Mason, lecturer on Aegean archaeolog and gpt, Universit of Marland, altimore Count; Carol Mattusch, Math Professor of Art Histor, George Mason Universit; David ider, professor of classics, New York Universit. mposium respondents include Jens M. Daehner, associate curator of antiquities, The J. Paul Gett Museum; and runilde ismondo Ridgwa, Rhs Carpenter Professor merita of Classical and Near astern Archaeolog, rn Mawr College. Moderated Faa Cause, head of academic programs, National Galler of Art. Teacher Materials For teachers who wish to receive materials prior to visiting the exhiition, please contact [email protected]. Concert Music from the Age of Mtholog National Galler of Art Vocal nsemle Januar 31 at 3:30 p.m. West uilding, West Garden Court Galler Talks Regular pulic tours of Power and Pathos: ronze culpture of the Hellenistic World will e offered the adult programs department of the education division (50 mins.). Meet at the West uilding Rotunda. ric Denker: Januar 6–8, 12, 14, 19, 21 at 12:00, Januar 20, 22 at 2:00; David Gariff: Feruar 1, 3, 5, 12–18 at 1:00; Diane Arkin: Feruar 9–11, 22–25 at 2:00 Galler hops A specialt shop located at the exit of the exhiition includes an arra of richl detailed ronze and sautoir jewelr, an exquisite 24-karat-gold-plated Athena Crown, period music CDs, scholarl monographs, Greek cookook travel guides, children's activit kits, and reproductions of renowned ancient sculptures. xhiition Catalog Pulished the J. Paul Gett Museum, the full illustrated scholarl exhiition catalog is the first comprehensive volume on Hellenistic ronze statuar. It includes groundreaking archaeological, art-historical, and scientific essas that offer new approaches to understanding ancient production of these remarkale works of art. The 368-page catalog is currentl availale. To order, please visit http://shop.nga.gov/; call (800) 697-9350 or (202) 842-6002; fax (202) 789-3047; or e-mail [email protected]. Garden Café Greek-Themed Menu A Greek-themed uffet ($20.75) incorporates a variet of traditional Greek dishes featuring fresh seasonal ingredients, from Psiti Feta Kotópoulo (raised chicken, feta cheese, red wine) to alata Revithi Ankinara (chickpeas, artichokes, toasted almonds). Kasseri, a sheep- and goat-milk cheese with a salt and sweet flavor and pungent aroma, and Manouri, a pure sheep-milk cheese with a cream texture, are availale. Mosaiko, a Greek chocolate-and-iscuit cookie roll with fresh whipped cream, adds a sweet treat to the end of a culinar journe. Attractive recipe cards for selected dishes are availale to guests free of charge. Italian and panish white and red wines complement the menu. A variet of non-alcoholic everages is also offered. The Garden Café is open Monda through aturda, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and unda, noon to 4:00 p.m. One of the most distinctive dining spots in the nation's capital, the Garden Café setting features a delightful 19th-centur French marle sculpture after Jacopo ansovino, acchus and a Faun, and a fountain with Herert Adams's delicate ronze Girl with Water Lilies (model 1928). The Garden Café is located in the West uilding near the entrance at 6th treet and Constitution Avenue NW. To make reservations for groups of eight or more, please contact the café manager at (202) 712- 7454. For more information aout the Galler and its restaurants, visit http://www.nga.gov/content/ngawe/visit/cafe.html. Documentar Film A film produced the Galler in conjunction with the exhiition and made possile the HRH Foundation provides an overview of art of the Hellenistic period. Narrated actor Liev chreier, the film includes new footage of the ancient sites of Delphi, Corinth, and Olmpia, which once were crowded with ronze statues. Audio Tour For the first time, the Galler is offering a free audio tour that visitors can download to their moile devices. Narrated arl A. Powell III, director, National Galler of Art, the tour includes commentar from exhiition curators Jens M.