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The Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic
conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity.
Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks
integrated them into a cosmological framework governed by
mathematics and linking the cycles of the heavenly bodies to the
human environment. From their cosmology they derived instruments
for measuring and tracking the passage of time that were
sophisticated embodiments of scientific reasoning and technical
craft, meant not solely for the study of specialists and
connoisseurs but for the public gaze. Time and Cosmos in
Greco-Roman Antiquity, the accompanying catalogue for the
exhibition at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New
York University, explores through thematic essays and beautiful
illustrations the practical as well as the artistic, ideological,
and spiritual role of time technology and time imagery in the
Mediterranean civilizations. Highlights among the more than one
hundred objects from the exhibition include marvelously inventive
sundials and portable timekeeping devices, stone and ceramic
calendars, zodiac boards for displaying horoscopes, and mosaics,
sculptures, and coins that reflect ancient perceptions of the
controlling power of time and the heavens. Contributors include
James Evans, Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, Stephan Heilen, Alexander
Jones, Daryn Lehoux, Karlheinz Schaldach, John Steele, and Bernhard
Weisser. Exhibition Dates: October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017 Cover
photograph (c) Bruce M. White, 2016
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