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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York University
15 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028 

The exhibition is now closed. 

You are welcome to enjoy this digital complement and an exhibition catalogue can be purchased at our online Gallery Store here. 

For questions, please reach out via isaw.exhibitions@nyu.edu

Photograph of a beige-painted interior lobby space, and the corner of the room is centered within the image. There are two doors on each wall—both with open brown, wooden, double-doors—allowing a slightly blurry peek into the blue gallery interiors beyond. A blue banner with illegible texts hangs to the left of the door along the right side of the image.
A woman wearing a black knee-length skirt and black jacket stands in the foreground of a photograph with her back to the viewer. She is centered within the image and is looking at a wall with three frescoes. A largest fresco, directly in front of the woman and slightly blocked by her body, shows a group of human figures in a muted, pastel palette. This large work is installed on a short black base. The paintings are hanging on a royal blue wall, and the floor is a dark wood color.
A photograph of a gallery with a vitrine in the foreground and artworks hanging on the wall in the background. The vitrine has a light blue deck and tall transparent bonnet, and contains small terracotta-colored pots with blue, pink, red, yellow, and pink powder pigments, as well as small metallic tools. The works in the background are slightly obscured, but one is recognizable as a grey, monochromatic relief of a nude male. The works are hanging on a royal blue wall, and the floor is a dark wood color.
An image of a gallery representing four paintings, and the photograph was shot from enough of a distance that little detail can be seen within each artwork. In the foreground, center-right within the image, a fresco represents a human figure standing atop stairs, and at the far right we see a smaller painting of foliage in green hues. Both of these works are installed on a royal blue wall. On the left side of the frame, further in the distance, we see two paintings with human figures, mounted on a black wall.
A photograph of a gallery showing a standing woman with short hair, wearing a medical mask, in profile facing right from the knees-up as she looks at a painting on the right-side of the image. The woman is slightly silhouetted, so it’s difficult to make out her features. There are four paintings along the right-side wall, and the wall itself is painted black. It Is not possible to make out much of the painted images because they are pictured on an angle. The floor of the room is brown wood.
A photograph of a gallery showing three paintings: one on the left side of the photo, and two further in the distance at center-right and right. The painting on the left is a small rondel with two human faces hanging on a royal blue wall, and the two paintings at center-right and right are busy group scenes but are shown from a distance so little detail can be discerned within these two artworks. The two paintings at right are displayed against a black wall and are installed on black bases. The frescoes themselves are painted in a muted, red-hued and palette with light-blue details.
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Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York University
15 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028
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