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A Classicist's Encounter with Cy Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam - 2012
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:16:30
Publish Date: 2012-08-14 10:00:00
Description: Richard Fletcher, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Ohio State University, discusses Cy Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam from 1978. A "painting in ten parts," Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam is a celebrated work in the Museum's collection that takes Homer's epic poem as its point of departure. Reflecting upon the artist's life-long engagement with the classical past, Richard Fletcher provides an intimate glimpse into Twombly's inspired masterpiece.
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