Join Professor Mary Beard and sculptor Stephen Cox RA for a discussion about art in antiquity.
Those attending are encouraged to visit the Encounters in Stone exhibition in the College grounds beforehand. An exhibition catalogue can be purchased from the Porters’ Lodge. Part of the exhibition currently on display in the Graham Storey Room will also be available between 2pm and 6.30pm on the day of the talk. Please register via the online booking form.
Programme
The lecture will begin at 5.45pm and will be followed by a drinks reception which all attendees are welcome to join.
We would advise arriving early to take your seat – you may take your seat in the Lecture Theatre from 5.30pm.
Abstract
Sculptures on display at Trinity Hall will be the starting point for a conversation about art in antiquity between their creator, Stephen Cox RA, and classicist Professor Mary Beard.
Famous for her ground-breaking television series about the classical world Professor Beard’s knowledge of ancient artworks is second to none.
Mr Cox’s work is inspired by the ancient world and the stones he uses are often directly sourced from quarries used by the civilisations of antiquity. The discussion will include the artist’s experience in quarrying Imperial Porphyry from its source in the Eastern Mountains of Egypt along with Hammamat Breccia and Chephren Diorite.
Professor Beard and Mr Cox will also discuss Aswan Granite and how it was used in the production of one of the artist’s sculptures dedicated to the Egyptian Pharaoh Khafre that was exhibited 2 years ago on the Pyramids Plateau adjacent to his Pyramid.