Ancient Art of the Mediterranean at the IMA

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Can't make it to the museum?
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Well...we still think you should just come here. We'll treat you real nice. But if you wanna see this collection online, click the link.

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What's that!?
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Highly ornate vases like this one were made in Canusium, a town in Puglia. The winged head of Medusa adorns the front of this amphora, and centaurs project out from the sides. Very distinctive Canosan vases like this one mark the first incidence of a highly dramatic artistic style in Western art that later came to be termed “baroque.”

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Wild, all-male drinking parties? Tell me more.
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Symposium originally referred to a drinking party (the Greek verb sympotein means "to drink together")... check out the Wikipedia article for more info.

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What is provenance?
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The primary purpose of provenance is to confirm or gather evidence as to the time, place, and -when appropriate- the person responsible for the creation, production, or discovery of the object.

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Intern to the Director, Chelsey Flemming talks about her contribution to the Ancient Art of the Mediterranean Gallery at the IMA.

Colonization and trade across the Ancient Mediterranean shaped tastes in art, and choices of material, from the ornate ceramic vessels used in Greek symposia to Egyptian funerary custom. The Ancient Art of the Mediterranean Gallery displays objects from Italy, Cyprus, Iran, Greece, and Egypt that reflect the relationships among these cultures.

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