Peschke at Bryn Mawr College

COLORS OF GREECE:
THE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY OF GEORG VON PESCHKE

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Georg von Peschke: The Archaeology of Greek Life
Kostis Kourelis
Assistant Professor of Art History, Franklin & Marshall College
Exhibition Opening and Lecture
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
4:30 pm
Carpenter Library 21

Dr. Kourelis, the curator of the exhibition on Peschke, will speak about Peschke's work both as a painter and as an archaeological illustrator in Greece in the 1930s. A reception will follow the lecture.

Greek Dress and the Embodied Archaeology of Eva Palmer Sikelianos
Artemis Leontis
Associate Professor of Modern Greek, University of Michigan
Lecture
Thursday, April 5, 2012
4:30 pm
Carpenter Library 21

In conjunction with the exhibition Colors of Greece, Dr. Leontis, a scholar of modern Greece and Greek diaspora culture, will give a lecture on the subject of her current book, Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874-1952), BMC class of 1900, and on Palmer's groundbreaking work as a creator of Greek dress for theatrical performances, including the famous reenactments of Delphic Festivals in 1927 and 1930. A reception will follow the lecture.