Past Event
Infosession – Truth | Beauty | Goodness: Illustrating Mythologies in Contemporary Greece
Please join Liberal Arts Professor, Patricia Barbeito, and Illustration Professor, Robert Brinkerhoff, for an infosession covering the Global Summer Studies course, Truth | Beauty | Goodness: Illustrating Mythologies in Contemporary Greece, on January 25, 2024, at 12:15 PM on Zoom.
The application for Global Summer Studies 2024 will open on February 1, 2024 at 6 PM and close on March 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM.
Truth | Beauty | Goodness: Illustrating Mythologies in Contemporary Greece
How is the idea of “Beauty” embodied in the ruins of Athens, and what does it mean to us today? What are contemporary notions of “Truth” and how have they been shaped by the ambiguous concoction of history and myth in Delphi, whose Oracle prophesied for hundreds of years? What impact has the mashup of pagan and Christian belief systems had on modern notions of “Goodness” in the unique Cycladic island culture of Naxos?
This studio course–set against the backdrop of three inspiring sites in Greece–examines the intersection of mythology, literature and visual arts in Athens, Delphi and Naxos. In a partnership between studio and liberal arts faculty, this course encourages students to consider the development of three interrelated ideas–Beauty, Truth and Goodness–through illustration projects that trace their manifestation in the contemporary Greek visual and literary lexicon. Tours, lectures, journaling and on-site making will culminate in independently defined projects in this three-week course. View details