Taking Care of Color in Persepolis: New Research on Painters, Palaces and Polychromies in Achaemenid Persia, c. 520-330 BCE
Alexander Nagel, Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL
How can we reconstruct the once brightly painted facades of the monuments and palaces of Persepolis in Iran? This lecture will introduce results of recent fieldwork and materials analysis conducted on the UNESCO world heritage site of Persepolis, as well as in archives and museums in Iran and around the world, and will demonstrate how and why we should investigate the work of painters and craftsmen in the ancient Persian world.
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6:30-7:00 p.m. Pre Lecture Tour/Registration
7:00-8:00 p.m. Presentation and discussion
8:00-8:45 p.m. Reception
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