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Nolan’s Odyssey (3) — the collapse of civilization and the shape of history
Performing the archive — a study in theatre/archaeology In July I posted a response to Nolan’s Odyssey [Link] — an old story, I argued, but not the one that was being talked about. The movie faithfully restages not Homer but a nineteenth-century grand narrative of civilization and its fall. A month of reviews and a…
Roman
A Roman. 300 CE? No provenance, no context. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Classical figuration
National Museum Athens. 1992.
More on Nolan’s Odyssey (2) — The Trickster and the Civics Class
On Ezra Klein’s review of Nolan’s Odyssey, New York Times July 31 A second wave of response to Nolan’s movie has begun to arrive, and with it a piece worth pausing over: Ezra Klein in the New York Times. I want to take it seriously — more seriously than it takes itself — because it…
From Meroë
From Meroë. 2nd Century CE? Glyptotek, Copenhagen.