The Muse Newsletter of the Slater Memorial Museum Winter 2010

The Slater Museum’s : phenomenon, the commission and acquisition of Focus of Research, Restoration plaster collections of the great works of antiquity attributed legitimacy to academic institutions. In 1888, NFA Principal Robert Porter Keep, a At the same time, the Slater’s cast collection noted scholar, convinced William A. placed it among the great museums and research Slater to fund the acquisition plaster casts of institutions of the . ancient in addition to Slater’s gift to construct Slater Memorial Hall. Thus, a museum The Slater’s cast collection is also significant was born. That Slater’s cast collection was because it represents commissioned copies taken acquired and installed at a secondary school is directly from original statuary. Cast by hand of singular historical significance. A 19th century from the original pieces in Europe, the copies

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(Continued on page 3) A Message from the Director Winter is a great time to assess conditions of things indoors … like collections. Projects for the spring, summer and fall seem to have their genesis during the dark, cold days of winter. After the effort of the fall’s busy schedule, and during the holiday “break”, museum staff applied themselves to cleaning, organizing and re-housing collections in storage. Dirty, heavy work… but well worth it and satisfying (after the fact!). In this spirit, we are reviewing our progress on projects like the restoration of casts and re-installation of long-static galleries. As you will see within this issue, a new project is in the works. The structural and cosmetic restoration of the massive cast of the Pergamon Frieze is desperately needed and long overdue, but now in sight. Watch for more news on this soon.

Upcoming Exhibitions, Programs and Events The 67th Annual Connecticut February 21, 2010 1:00 - Juried show opening and reception, Artists Juried Exhibition Free with museum admission. All are welcome.

Notable Norwich Lecture February 7, 2010 - John Fox Slater: An American Legacy Series March 7, 2010 - John Denison Crocker: Man Details available on page 10.

116th Annual Saturday April 11, 2010 1:00 - Exhibition opening and reception. Free Morning Art Classes with museum admission. All are welcome. Exhibition

The Muse is published up to four times yearly for the members of The Friends of the Slater Memorial Museum. The museum is located at 108 Crescent Street, Norwich, CT 06360. It is part of The Norwich Free Academy, 305 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360. Museum main telephone number: (860) 887-2506. Visit us on the web at www.slatermuseum.org. Museum Director – Vivian F. Zoë Newsletter editor – Geoff Serra Contributing authors: Vivian Zoë, Leigh Smead and Patricia Flahive Photographers: Leigh Smead, Vivian Zoë

The president of the Friends of the Slater Memorial Museum: Patricia Flahive

The Norwich Free Academy Board of Trustees: Steven L. Bokoff ’72, Chair Jeremy D. Booty ‘74 Richard DesRoches * Abby I. Dolliver ‘71 Lee-Ann Gomes ‘82, Treasurer Thomas M. ‘70, Secretary Thomas Hammond ‘75 Theodore N. Phillips ’74 Robert A. Staley ’68 Dr. Mark E. Tramontozzi ’76 David A. Whitehead ’78, Vice Chair *Museum collections committee

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In the catalogue, Pond explains the mythology illustrated by the section of massive frieze copied in plaster in the Slater: “This unique altar was erected by Eumenes II, King of Pergamum [sic], upon a terrace near the top of the citadel, 700 feet above the surrounding plain. It was built upon a platform about 16 feet high and 120 feet square, the walls of which were encircled with a band of sculpture about 7 ½ feet wide. The frieze represents the battle of the Gods and . Gea, Earth, the mother of the Giants, sends her sons, a dread-inspiring, monstrous brood, to scale Heaven itself. The gods met them, each with his The altar at the Pergamon Museum peculiar weapon, and utterly routed them. In were crated in small sections, shipped across the the group (of the frieze), the powerful and Atlantic, and transported up the Thames River to majestic Father of the Gods, does battle with Norwich. Visitors flocked to the Slater (2,000 three giants. One, struck through the leg with were recorded on Christmas Day, 1888) in part to a thunder-bolt, which still quivers and flames, see in perfect replica objects which had become makes futile efforts to protect himself, while on known to them through newspaper articles. These the other two mighty figures resist in vain objects include what has become known as the the aegis held on high. In the Athena group, the Pergamon Frieze. goddess, in terrible vengeance, rushes along, dragging by his matted locks a struggling giant, The Great Altar of Pergamon, a massive stone who vainly braces himself to resist his fate. podium,was originally built on a high bluff in Meanwhile the agonized mother, known by her the BCE in the city position half out of earth and by the fruits at her of Pergamon, (modern day in ) side, beseeches mercy from the pitiless goddess in north-western , 16 miles from the who is being crowned by winged Nike in token . The Great Altar of Pergamon has of her victory.” been included in lists of the Great Wonders of the World. The front stairway alone is almost 20 meters wide.

It has long been assumed that the magnificently scaled and opulently decorated open-air altar was dedicated to the Greek god Zeus. The altar appears to be mentioned in the Christian : “In Pergamos where ’s is.”

In 1905, the Slater Museum’s second curator (after Henry Watson Kent), Miss Nancy M. Pond, expanded what she referred to as “a brief catalogue … compiled by Mr. H. W. Kent.” Included were floor plans and a hypothetical rendering of the Western of the drawn by then Norwich Art School director Ozias Dodge. Battle of the Giants, the Pergamon Museum.

3 Reading this, while gazing upon even the relatively small fragment at the Slater, what 21st century child could pooh-pooh the ancient World’s mythology over the video game monsters of today?

“Political considerations at Pergamon made it necessary to glorify the civic and religious center of the small city-state,” Herbert Hoffmann observed in 1952. “The high podium served to impress the exalted position of the altar, situated as it was on a high elevation, upon foreign visitors as they approached along the plain to partake in Circa 1905 excavation of the Pergamon Museum the biennial festival of Athena of Nikephoros.” site. The relatively small element of the altar’s frieze represented in the Slater Museum has the same altar and expose the foundation of the effect on visitors today. Its massive height, width, edifice. The frieze element replicated in plaster in and the motion inherent in the dynamic figures the Slater Museum is known as the Gigantomachy, impress all viewers. or struggle of the gods and the giants, and was clearly installed before the second excavation at A second, smaller and less well-preserved the original site. high frieze adorns the inner court walls surrounding the actual fire altar on the upper level In negotiations with the Turkish government, of the structure at the top of the stairs. It depicts which participated in the excavation, it was agreed in a series of consecutive scenes events from the that all frieze fragments found at the time become life of Telephos, legendary founder of the city of the property of the , Germany museums. Pergamon and son of the and , In Berlin, Italian restorers reassembled the a daughter of the Tegean King . panels comprising the frieze from the thousands of recovered fragments. In order to display the The main excavation of the original altar result and create a context for it, a new museum comprised two campaigns, of 1879 and 1904, was erected in 1901 on Berlin’s . and was shipped out of the As this first Pergamon Museum proved to be by a German archaeological team. In 1878 the both inadequate and structurally unsound, it was German engineer began the official demolished in 1909 and replaced with the much excavations at Pergamon, an effort which lasted larger museum, which opened in 1930. Although until 1886. His chief purpose was to rescue the it housed a variety of collections, including a famous reconstruction of the of ancient , the city’s inhabitants also named the new museum the Pergamon Museum after the friezes and reconstruction of the west front of the altar.

In the 7th century the of Pergamon was strongly fortified as a defense against the Arabs. In the process, the , among other structures, was partially destroyed in order to reuse the building material. The city was, nevertheless, defeated in 716 by the Arabs, who temporarily Telefos Frieze, the Pergamon Museum. occupied it before abandoning it as unimportant,

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after which it languished until being re-occupied in the 12th century. In the 13th century Pergamon fell to the Turks. Travelers who visited Pergamon during the late 18th and early 19th centuries were mostly western European and English. Two sections of relief were brought back to England and remain there today.

Carl Humman came to Pergamon for the first time in 1864/65. Observing looting of elements accessible above ground level, he urged preservation of the antiquities, and in 1871, brought to Pergamon the Berlin classicist Ernst Curtius. Humman also sent fragments to Berlin Hekate Fights Klytios, the Pergamon Museum to stimulate interest in preserving the frieze, but it was not until saw these that demolished, the Telephos frieze was set into the action was taken. Conze, who was appointed walls of the colonnade on the eastern side of a new director of the sculpture collection of Berlin’s museum, with windows allowing a view of the royal museums in 1877, was first to connect art objects. The new building, the new Pergamon the fragments with ancient historical texts and Museum designed by , presents the realize their significance. Established in 187, the altar with the frieze fragments installed on the German Empire, eager to compete with other great surrounding walls, but was not built until 1930, powers in cultural affairs, desperately wanted because of political and economic upheaval. a work of ancient of a rank equal to the from and Minor in the In 1939 the museum closed because of World . War II; later the reliefs were taken down and stored elsewhere. At the end of the war, the The German government arranged for a license to hidden pieces of the altar fell into the hands of dig in Turkey, and in September 1878 excavations the and were taken to the Soviet Union began, headed by Humann and Conze. By 1887, as stolen art treasures. They were kept in storage large parts of the acropolis had been investigated in the Hermitage in Leningrad, until in 1959 a and published. Through agreement between the large part of the collection was returned to East Ottoman Empire and the German government, Germany, including the altar fragments. the relief panels from the Pergamon Altar along with some other fragments came to Berlin. In 1982 a new entrance area was created which permitted a visit to the museum to begin with Yhe pieces were placed in the crowded Altes the Pergamon Altar. In 1990, nine heads from Museum, where especially the Telephos frieze the Telephos frieze, which had been evacuated could not be well displayed. Individual slabs were to the western part of Berlin because of the war, simply leaned against the wall facing the altar. returned to the Pergamon Museum. War-related Inadequate exhibition inspired the construction events, poor storage, and frequent moves had of the first “Pergamon Museum.” Built between negative consequences for the remaining altar 1897 and 1899 and designed by Fritz Wolff, the and frieze fragments. Earlier restorations created museum opened in 1901 with the unveiling of a new problems. The clamps and fasteners that bust of Carl Humann by Adolf Brütt. connected the individual fragments and also served to anchor the frieze and sculpture to the This building was used until 1908 but was wall were made of iron, which had started to demolished because of problems with the rust. As this rust spread it threatened to crack foundation. After the first museum was open the from the inside. From 1994 to 7 The Pergamon Site today.

1996 restoration work on the Telephos frieze took gap exists between its original position against an place, followed by the Gigantomachy under the upright structural interior column and the finish leadership of Silvano Bertolin and at a cost of plaster, suggesting, at a minimum, a risk to the over $3 million. piece, and at most, a potential serious hazard to visitors. In June 2004 the completely restored original frieze was presented for public viewing. In the nineteenth century, plaster cast copies of ancient sculpture were fabricated in a variety of Scholars assume that the entire structure was ways. All studios used molds (negatives) made brightly painted in antiquity. After the Parthenon from a three dimensional positive. All cast the frieze (also represented in plaster in the Slater’s copies with some quantity of interior void to original collection), Pergamon is the longest reduce the weight and the amount of plaster. surviving frieze of Greek antiquity. Armatures and interior structural elements and reinforcements varied from studio to studio The Slater’s cast of the fragment from the (and even from craftsman to craftsman). In Pergamon Frieze is attached to the mezzanine of some cases these are wood, in others metal, and the building’s interior, a permanent architectural in still others, a combination of the two. In an element. Some time around the early middle of age before fiberglass and wire mesh, burlap was the twentieth century, a large, long, flat display used extensively as mesh to prevent fissures in case was built and installed on top of the Frieze’s the plaster. During casting, it was laid inside cornice along the mezzanine railing. The weight reliefs and wrapped around joints to fight gravity of the case rests upon the plaster cornice. The that would pull extended, cantilevered limbs, case’s materials comprise solid wood, metal and armaments and cornices down and away from the plate glass. The case is 25feet, 6.75 inches long; main body of the piece. 31.5 inches wide; and 5.75 inches high. The top comprises five solid wood-framed plate glass Since their original installation, Slater’s casts panes, each 5 feet long and 27 inches wide. Its have had little professional conservation massive weight has slowly caused the frieze’s treatment. More recently, their conservation cornice to separate from the mezzanine and to and preservation needs have taken center stage. lean forward into the cast gallery. A noticeable With earlier funding from the David T. Langrock 8 Two Great Events We are truly sorry if you missed two terrific events last fall. The first was held October 24 and celebrated the opening of the new permanent exhibition Around the World on the Yacht Eleanor: The Slaters’ Grand Tour. The party was presented in partnership with the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut and was a smashing success. Well attended, it included many longstanding old friends, and especially gratifying dozens of people from the region who had never before - ited the Slater Museum.The event included music, great food and the new exhibition, of which we are extremely proud.

On October 30, the museum presented an Bob Shure at work at the Slater Museum auction sale of work by Slater benefactor Paul W. Zimmermann. Attended by a full Foundation, the friends of Slater Museum, and the house of devoted collectors (and some deal- museum’s operating budget, preliminary work on seven casts has been completed by Robert Shure ers!), the reception was most enjoyable, with of Giust Gallery/Caproni Studio. Now restoration good food, drink and the camaraderie of art of the lovers and collectors. The evening included a few tense moments while silent bidders Slater’s Pergamon Frieze copy has assumed a stood sentry by their quarry, prepared to up priority position in continuing restoration efforts. the ante should a competitor make an over- The initial project will encompass a condition ture. The event brought nearly $30,000 to and structural assessment, which may require support the museums care of collections and some invasion of the walls surrounding the additional funds to support the accessibility frieze. The total cost of the actual restoration of project. The museum is very grateful to the the frieze will not be known until the assessment staff of the NFA Foundation for its assistance is begun, or possibly, until actual remediation work will be deemed necessary and done during with the event. the investigation.

Once again, Shure’s work on the frieze will provide significant opportunity for the Slater to educate the public and Norwich Free Academy students about the process of and need for cast restoration. Robert Shure is an experienced and skilled lecturer. He will conduct his conservation work in full view of the public in an engaging and interactive environment that will extend the reach of the technical nature of his work and the United Way and Slater Museum guests enjoy the necessity for it upon Slater’s cast collection. Paul W. Zimmerman exhibition on October 24.

9 67TH ANNUAL CONNECTICUT ARTISTS EXHIBITION February 21 - April 2, 2010 CALL TO ARTISTS - The prospectus for the 67th Annual CT Artists Exhibition is now available online. Full details at www.slatermuseum.org Artist Leslie Lillien Levy will be the juror for the 67th Annual CT Artists Exhibition. All are welcome to attend the opening reception and awards ceremony Sunday, February 21, 2010 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. At left: A Tender Craft by Lori Warner, 2009 Award Winner

The Notable Norwich Lecture Series Continues John Denison Crocker: Norwich’s Renaissance Man John Fox Slater: March 7, 2010 An American Legacy Paintings by Norwich resident, February 7, 2010 John Denison Crocker (1822- Learn about the philanthropy of the 1907), document the town’s late man for whom the Slater Memorial 19th-century golden age. Discover Museum is named, as Ms. Zoë the many sides of the man, the discusses the life of John Fox artist and inventor John Denison Slater and the result of his largesse Crocker in this enlightening presentation. in support of the education of emancipated slaves in the South. For ticket information please call 860-425-5547.

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