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Gallery Talk | Envisioning the Trojan Horse: Homer, Tiepolo, and Christopher Nolan

  • 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103 · Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Publisher / Host Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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Gallery Talk | Envisioning the Trojan Horse: Homer, Tiepolo, and Christopher Nolan
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"The Odyssey" by Homer has inspired countless artists across time, media, and cultures. The epic story of the Trojan Horse and fall of Troy was fantasized in film by Christopher Nolan this year, bringing Odysseus’s journey to life for today’s audiences.
Join Vincent Tomasso, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Trinity College and Oliver Tostmann, Susan Morse Hilles Curator of European Art, for a lively discussion about Homer’s legacy in the arts.

Image: Giovanni Domenico (Giandomenico) Tiepolo, (Italian, Venice, 1727–1804), The Building of the Trojan Horse, c. 1773–74. Oil on canvas. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1950.658.
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