Sacred Fragments: Magic, Mystery, and Religion in the Ancient World

October 22, 2002 – March 16, 2003

Greek, Roman, and Early Christian antiquities from the Smart Museum's permanent collection and loans of prints and illustrated books from Renaissance and Baroque Europe focused on the religious practices of the ancient Mediterranean world an the modern challenges in piecing together an accurate picture of classical religion from surviving material fragments. The exhibition examined the religious life of things, both in their ancient contexts and in modern attempts to interpret them.

Curator: Ian Moyer, PhD candidate in the Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World at the University of Chicago, in collaboration with Richard A. Born, Smart Museum Senior Curator, and Elizabeth Rodini, Smart Museum Mellon Projects Curator.

This exhibition and related programs were made possible by an endowment by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Rhoades Foundation; and the Office of the Provost, University of Chicago.

Presented in the Art Before 1900 Gallery.

Share this:
The University of Chicago smARTKids