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Middlebury College Museum of Art Lecture by Frank Salmon, Professor at Cambridge University
| Date(s): | 2.18.2010 - 2.18.2010 |
| Time: | 4:30 pm |
| Location: | Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221 Middlebury, VT 05753 |
| Admission: | Free |
| Contact: | Andrea Solomon | Email 802-443-2034 Website |
Lecture: The Idyll, the Ideal, and the Real: The Rediscovery of Greek Architecture and its Consequences in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Frank Salmon, Professor of the History of Art, Cambridge University, England, will discuss what lay behind the rediscovery of ancient Greece during the Enlightenment and consider its effects, especially the Greek Revival in architecture that occured on both sides of the Atlantic in the ensuing centuries. Cosponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs, the Classics Department, Ross Commons, and the Middlebury College Museum of Art.
