Artist Talk: Gabriela Ruiz
Artist Talk: Gabriela Ruiz
Thursday, September 7 @ 4:30pm
LOCATION: 721 Cliff Drive: Santa Barbara, CA - 93109
Santa Barbara City College
Humanities Building: (ROOM 111) - East Campus
Room 111 - Auditorium Room
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ART TALK
Searching for Dioskourides, A Master Gem-Carver
Art Matters Lecture with Kenneth Lapatin, Ph.D.
Curator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum
This talk examines exquisite engraved cameos and intaglios cut by the gem-carver of the Roman emperor Augustus and addresses the vexed problem of distinguishing ancient originals from modern forgeries.