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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Russell Guerrero
Jan. 29, 2008
Art History Professor to Speak on Ancient Illusionistic Vase-Painting During Lecture at Trinity University
SAN ANTONIO – Jocelyn Penny Small, a classical archaeologist and art historian from Rutgers University, will speak about the birth of illusionism in the late sixth century B.C. at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, in Trinity’s Coates University Center Fiesta Room. The event is free and open to the public.
In her presentation, “Birth of Illusionism,” Dr. Small will speak on the influence of Attic red-figure vase-painting on illusionism. The vase-painters were faced with distortions from the combination of sharp curves and large figures which forced them to invent techniques to make these figures look realistic which are believed to have started the concept of illusionism. To prove this, Dr. Small will introduce numerous anomalies presented on vases which will guide the modern viewer in seeing Attic vases in a new light.
Dr. Small has excavated at Murlo, also known as Poggio Civitate, an archaic Etruscan site near Siena for three seasons. She was also the director of the U.S. Center of the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae for 20 years, and during these years, Dr. Small developed a database for classical iconography and mythology named Sibyl. Recently, she has been working on cognitive aspects of classical antiquity and is currently working on optics and illusionism in classical art.
This event is sponsored by Trinity’s department of classical studies, art and art history, and the Southwest Texas Archaeological Society.
For more information, contact Nicolle Hirschfeld, assistant professor of classical studies, at 210-999-7125.
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