Nearly every Greek and Roman city of note had an open-air theater, the seats arranged
Nearly every Greek and Roman city of note had an open-air theater, the seats arranged
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Skip to main content Watteau, Music, and Theater Baetjer, Katharine, ed., with
The principal occasions for dramatic spectacles in the Roman world were yearly religious festivals, or ludi, organized by elected magistrates and funded from the state treasury. Temple dedications, military triumphs, and aristocratic funerals also provided opportunities for scenic performances.
Theater in the Roman World According to the ancient historian Livy, the earliest
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Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas has transformed the Cantor Roof with an intricate site-specific installation that includes detailed replicas of nearly 100 objects from The Met collection.
All Past Exhibitions The Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas, The Theater
October 22, 1761, excavated from the area around the Theater at Herculaneum; afterwards
Archeologico Nazionale, Naples October 22, 1761, excavated from the area around the Theater
seemingly opposite venues as the primary places for musical activity—the large theater
seemingly opposite venues as the primary places for musical activity—the large theater
He became interested in theater and fell under the spell of Peter Paul Rubens (1577â
„Watteau, Music, and Theater,“ September 22–November 29, 2009, no. 12.
comic actors and quacks from an early age, he must have been interested in the theater
Early eighteenth-century Paris was alive with theater.
