Imagining the Trojan War

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Dates
5/30/15 - 12/13/15

Elizabeth Gallerani, Curator of Mellon Academic Programs

Ben Rubin, Assistant Professor of Classics

For the ancient Greeks, the Iliad was both entertainment and a record of their past. The exhibition traces Homer’s epic poem across history through ancient and modern works of art. Greek vases and armor, along with prints by Winslow Homer, a WWI poster, and war photography, take us from the wrath of the hero Achilles to universal images of war and peace.

Imagining the Trojan War, 2015. Installation view. Photo by Arthur Evans.
Imagining the Trojan War, 2015. Installation view. Photo by Arthur Evans.
Imagining the Trojan War, 2015. Installation view. Photo by Arthur Evans.
Imagining the Trojan War, 2015. Installation view. Photo by Arthur Evans.
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Selected works
Greek, Black Figure Amphora. Terracotta, 600-500 BC. Gift of Mrs. John W. Field in memory of her husband, 1887.1.40
Greek, attributed to the Troilos Painter, Red-Figure Stamnos with Poseidon Battling the Giant Polybotes, c. 490-475 BC. Terracotta. Museum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund, 64.9
Greek, Standing Draped Woman, Possibly Aphrodite, 350-330 BC. Terracotta. Gift of the son and daughters of Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers, Class of 1907: Frederick Van D. Rogers, Mary Rogers, Savage, and Nancy Rogers Pierson, 77.63.46