{"id":3322,"date":"2020-05-22T14:55:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T18:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/?page_id=3322"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:14:28","slug":"classical-convergences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/gallery\/classical-convergences\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Convergences: Traditions & Inventions"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Classical Convergences: Traditions & Inventions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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  • \"Co-Curated
    Co-Curated Harn Exhibit: \"Classical Convergences\"<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
  • \"Ruins\"
    The London Stereographic and Photographic Company, Mars, Venus and Cupid, International Exhibition of 1862 (detail), gift of William Zewadski<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Len Prince, [Male nudes, one holding classical vessel], n.d., gift of William Zewadski Len Prince, Untitled,Virginia, from series Jessie Mann: Self Possessed, 2005, gift of William Zewadski Unknown, Ange Camilli, n.d., gift of William Zewadski\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/h3>\n

    Classical Convergences: Traditions & Inventions<\/h3>\n

    December 16, 2014 \u2013 May 2015<\/h4>\n

    In the Western world, Greek and Roman mythology has inspired centuries of literature, art and popular culture. We term such modern engagements with the past \u201cClassical Convergences.\u201d We see this influence in Hollywood\u2019s epics about the Trojan War, Pompeii, and legendary heroes. We see it in modern literature that revises or reinvents the Classical tradition, such as James Joyce\u2019s\u00a0Ulysses<\/em>, Rita Dove\u2019s\u00a0Mother Love<\/em>, and Margaret Atwood\u2019s\u00a0The Penelopiad<\/em>. And we see it in the artworks in this exhibition. Paradoxically, modern and contemporary writers and artists often turn to the Classical past to respond to the unpredictable changes of the present. This exhibition juxtaposes ancient and modern works from the Harn\u2019s collection to complement our team-taught Honors course on\u00a0Women Writers and Classical Myth<\/em>\u00a0(Spring 2015). Yet ultimately, \u201cClassical Convergences\u201d speaks to all artists and art enthusiasts who attune themselves to the present through the Classical past.<\/p>

    Co-curated by Marsha Bryant (English, UF) and Mary Ann Eaverly (Classics, UF), with Harn Curator Carol McCusker<\/p>

    This exhibition is made possible by The Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Endowment for Focus Exhibitions at the Harn Museum of Art<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Unknown,\u00a0[Acropolis]<\/em>\u00a0(detail), gift of William Zewadski<\/h5>\n
    The London Stereographic and Photographic Company,\u00a0Mars, Venus and Cupid, International Exhibition of 1862\u00a0<\/em>(detail), gift of William Zewadski<\/span><\/h5>\n
    Len Prince,\u00a0[Male nudes, one holding classical vessel]<\/em>, n.d., gift of William Zewadski<\/span><\/h5>\n
    Len Prince,\u00a0Untitled,Virginia, from series Jessie Mann: Self Possessed,<\/em>\u00a02005, gift of William Zewadski<\/span><\/h5>\n
    Unknown,\u00a0Ange Camilli,<\/em>\u00a0n.d., gift of William Zewadski<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1152,"featured_media":0,"parent":3266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4220,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3322\/revisions\/4220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/mbryant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}