Rethinking Descriptions of Black Africans in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art
By Paula Gaither, Eliza McAtee, Kenneth Lapatin, and David Saunders
Abstract: By discussing museum curation of Greek and Roman artwork, the authors critique common presumptions and misinterpretations made about artwork in relation to race and ethnicity, while also providing examples of the Getty Museum’s updated descriptions that strive away from assumptions that privilege whiteness and obscure the diversity of the ancient Mediterranean.
Blog post published on The Getty Museum’s Iris Blog, December 15 2020.
Read on the Iris Blog.