The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece is a major
new exhibition which features treasures from the British Museum's
rich Greek and Roman collection.
This exhibition offers a visually engaging and thought-provoking
exploration of the human condition seen through ancient Greek
eyes.
Over two millennia, the Greeks experimented with representing
the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract
simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the
Great.
By exploring ideas of representation, the exhibition invites
visitors to engage with artworks that have shaped the way that we
think about and look at ourselves.
The exhibition also features one of the highlights of the
British Museum’s collection which had never been on loan before
this tour: Discobolus, the celebrated representation of a discus
thrower.
MARQ, Alicante, Spain
2 April
– 13 October 2009
National
Museum of Korea
In collaboration with the Chosun
Ilbo
30 April – 29 August 2010
Image: Discus-thrower (Discobolus). Roman
copy of a bronze original of the 5th century BC. From Hadrian's
Villa in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy