Every Object Tells a Story: Exploring the Bronze Age Aegean

Carl Knappett

Learn more about the stories an intact “Kamares” cup in the Bronze Age Aegean Gallery might tell about rituals, celebrations, status, and power.

Paul Denis

Examine a Mycenean Marine Style askos (flask) decorated in a design style adapted from Minoan art – a tour de force paintwork that brilliantly harmonizes the shape of the askos with the sea creatures integrated into the surface design.

Sarah Georgel-Debedde

Take a closer look at what recent research and experimental reproduction is revealing about production of the large clay burial vessels, known as “larnakes” (or “larnax” in the singular), from physical creation to the composition and expertise of craftsmen to the structure of the craft space.

Rachel Dewan

A collection of tiny clay figurines brought from Petsophas in Crete to ROM by Charles Currelly, the Museum’s first director provides a foundation for exploring Minoan spirituality and its use of miniaturization as a way to materially and, though the use of signs and smbols, engage with the unknown.

Bastien Rueff

Using Minoan lamps in the collections at ROM as a starting point, examine the evolution of light over time – the role it played in daily life, its impact on the rhythm of activities, and the sensory ambiances that shaped spaces – from ancient palaces to the humblest of households.

Matthias Recke

Discover what new excavations on a previously lost ancient sanctuary site are telling us about the site and the objects unearthed in its original excavation – one of the world’s most important collections of Cypriot antiquities – currently displayed at ROM.

University of Toronto, Art History Department

This program is made possible through the support of the A.G. Leventis Foundation and the Republic of Greece.