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Archaeology & Architecture in Ancient Greece TRIP HIGHLIGHTS PAID ENJOY a private tour of the Acropolis Museum led by a director PRSRT STD PRSRT PERMIT #601 U.S. POSTAGE BURLINGTON, VT at the UNESCO-listed archaeological sites of Delphi, Dear Williams Alumni and Friends, MARVEL Mycenae, and Epidaurus In the first millennium B.C.E., the Greeks laid the groundwork for a significant part of the West’s cultural heritage. Please join us next May for CELEBRATE the history of the Olympic Games with a visit to an exploration of Greece from the Bronze Age to the Golden Age through Olympia, the UNESCO-listed site where the ancient Games were held its celebrated art and architecture. Stroll through the sanctuaries and sites of Athens, Corinth, Delphi; climb the citadel of Mycenae; and roam the DELIGHT in an after-hours, exclusive visit to the Benaki Museum, museums that hold Greece’s earliest treasures. We are thrilled to have admiring artifacts of Greece’s glorious past with us on this journey two Williams study leaders, Liz McGowan, Chair of Art History, and Guy Hedreen, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art, who will EXPERIENCE Athens with Pavlos Yeroulanos ’88 – a fellow Eph, enrich our experience with their knowledge of the culture and monuments prominent Athenian, and former Minister for Culture and Tourism of the ancient Mediterranean. DISCOVER the magnificent castles and fortress in delightful Begin in Athens with a visit to the Acropolis and its stunning classical Nafplion, and tour nearby Tiryns, a UNESCO World Heritage Site remains, including the Parthenon, the emblematic Doric temple built during the rule of Pericles. Chart the sweep of Greek visual culture—from prehistory REVEL in a full-day excursion to the historic island paradise of Spetses through the 19th century—on a private tour of Athens’ Benaki Museum, and visit the exquisite gold and silver finds from the Bronze Age site of Mycenae TRAVELING WITH YOU at the National Archaeological Museum. Take in a spectacular view of the Aegean Sea from the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. Liz McGowan Chair of Art History and Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art Journey to the breathtaking archaeological site of Delphi, home of the Liz McGowan teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the famed oracle, and walk the cobbled streets of Nafpaktos. art and architecture of the Ancient Mediterranean. She has taught seminars on Hellenistic art, on sanctuaries, on ancient funerary Continue to the Peloponnese region, where we’ll visit Olympia, art, and on monuments and memorials over time. Liz holds a B.A. the ancient site where the Olympic Games began nearly 3,000 years ago, from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine before traveling on to the port of Nafplion, with its Medieval and Venetian Arts of New York University. She is currently co-chair of the Art Department and ramparts. Nafplion will be our base for visits to Corinth, where the Temple May 17–26, 2020 Chair of Art History. of Apollo awaits, and Tiryns with its Cyclopean fortifications. At the Bronze Age site of Mycenae, highlights include its fortified hilltop citadel, the Guy Hedreen Lion Gate, and the well-preserved “Tomb of Agamemnon.” In Epidaurus, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art the ancient healing sanctuary, marvel at the 14,000 seat theater and its Guy Hedreen has taught at Williams since 1990, and he currently serves as Amos Lawrence Professor of Art. He holds a B.A. from extraordinary acoustics. Conclude with a full-day excursion to the lovely and Age Golden Exploring the Pomona College in Greek and Latin, where his interest in ancient historic island of Spetses. An optional postlude in the resort destination of Greek art was sparked by a year of study in Athens, Greece. He Costa Navarino, close to the ancient site of Pylos, is offered. later enrolled in graduate study in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. Dividing his time between Bryn Mawr and the I hope you’ll be joining us on this journey into Greece’s distant past American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Guy completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in the warmth of late spring. degrees. He regularly teaches the historiography of art history as well as courses on ancient Greek and Roman art and its post-classical reception. GREECE Best wishes, Archaeology & Architecture Nafpaktos Aegean Delphi Sea in Ancient Greece Leila Derstine Athens Exploring the Golden Age 75 Park Street 75 Park Street Williamstown, MA 01267 Director of Intellectual Engagement Williams College Olympia Corinth 413-597-4011 with Liz McGowan, Chair of Art History and [email protected] in Ancient Greece Architecture & Archaeology Nafplion Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History PELOPONNESEPELOPONNESE & Guy Hedreen, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art Spetses Costa Navarino B_20LNDATH0517_WIC May 17–26, 2020 TRIP HIGHLIGHTS PAID ENJOY a private tour of the Acropolis Museum led by a director PRSRT STD PRSRT PERMIT #601 U.S. POSTAGE BURLINGTON, VT at the UNESCO-listed archaeological sites of Delphi, Dear Williams Alumni and Friends, MARVEL Mycenae, and Epidaurus In the first millennium B.C.E., the Greeks laid the groundwork for a significant part of the West’s cultural heritage. Please join us next May for CELEBRATE the history of the Olympic Games with a visit to an exploration of Greece from the Bronze Age to the Golden Age through Olympia, the UNESCO-listed site where the ancient Games were held its celebrated art and architecture. Stroll through the sanctuaries and sites of Athens, Corinth, Delphi; climb the citadel of Mycenae; and roam the DELIGHT in an after-hours, exclusive visit to the Benaki Museum, museums that hold Greece’s earliest treasures. We are thrilled to have admiring artifacts of Greece’s glorious past with us on this journey two Williams study leaders, Liz McGowan, Chair of Art History, and Guy Hedreen, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art, who will EXPERIENCE Athens with Pavlos Yeroulanos ’88 – a fellow Eph, enrich our experience with their knowledge of the culture and monuments prominent Athenian, and former Minister for Culture and Tourism of the ancient Mediterranean. DISCOVER the magnificent castles and fortress in delightful Begin in Athens with a visit to the Acropolis and its stunning classical Nafplion, and tour nearby Tiryns, a UNESCO World Heritage Site remains, including the Parthenon, the emblematic Doric temple built during the rule of Pericles. Chart the sweep of Greek visual culture—from prehistory REVEL in a full-day excursion to the historic island paradise of Spetses through the 19th century—on a private tour of Athens’ Benaki Museum, and visit the exquisite gold and silver finds from the Bronze Age site of Mycenae TRAVELING WITH YOU at the National Archaeological Museum. Take in a spectacular view of the Aegean Sea from the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion. Liz McGowan Chair of Art History and Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art Journey to the breathtaking archaeological site of Delphi, home of the Liz McGowan teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the famed oracle, and walk the cobbled streets of Nafpaktos. art and architecture of the Ancient Mediterranean. She has taught seminars on Hellenistic art, on sanctuaries, on ancient funerary Continue to the Peloponnese region, where we’ll visit Olympia, art, and on monuments and memorials over time. Liz holds a B.A. the ancient site where the Olympic Games began nearly 3,000 years ago, from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine before traveling on to the port of Nafplion, with its Medieval and Venetian Arts of New York University. She is currently co-chair of the Art Department and ramparts. Nafplion will be our base for visits to Corinth, where the Temple May 17–26, 2020 Chair of Art History. of Apollo awaits, and Tiryns with its Cyclopean fortifications. At the Bronze Age site of Mycenae, highlights include its fortified hilltop citadel, the Guy Hedreen Lion Gate, and the well-preserved “Tomb of Agamemnon.” In Epidaurus, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art the ancient healing sanctuary, marvel at the 14,000 seat theater and its Guy Hedreen has taught at Williams since 1990, and he currently serves as Amos Lawrence Professor of Art. He holds a B.A. from extraordinary acoustics. Conclude with a full-day excursion to the lovely and Age Golden Exploring the Pomona College in Greek and Latin, where his interest in ancient historic island of Spetses. An optional postlude in the resort destination of Greek art was sparked by a year of study in Athens, Greece. He Costa Navarino, close to the ancient site of Pylos, is offered. later enrolled in graduate study in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. Dividing his time between Bryn Mawr and the I hope you’ll be joining us on this journey into Greece’s distant past American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Guy completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in the warmth of late spring. degrees. He regularly teaches the historiography of art history as well as courses on ancient Greek and Roman art and its post-classical reception. GREECE Best wishes, Archaeology & Architecture Nafpaktos Aegean Delphi Sea in Ancient Greece Leila Derstine Athens Exploring the Golden Age 75 Park Street 75 Park Street Williamstown, MA 01267 Director of Intellectual Engagement Williams College Olympia Corinth 413-597-4011 with Liz McGowan, Chair of Art History and [email protected] in Ancient Greece Architecture & Archaeology Nafplion Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History PELOPONNESEPELOPONNESE & Guy Hedreen, Amos Lawrence Professor of Art Spetses Costa Navarino B_20LNDATH0517_WIC May 17–26, 2020 TRIP HIGHLIGHTS PAID ENJOY a private tour of the Acropolis Museum led by a director PRSRT STD PRSRT PERMIT #601 U.S.
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