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Imagining the Divine: where are the women?

In this short series, Dominic Dalglish responds to three appraisals of Imagining the Divine from some of the UK’s leading scholars. In the final piece, we focus on the presence of women in the exhibition.  Continue reading “Imagining the Divine: where are the women?”

Empires of FaithFebruary 9, 2018February 9, 2018Leave a comment

Imagining the Divine at two and a half feet tall

What’s the correct position from which to view the exhibition – what should we be looking for? Katherine Cross gets down to ground level with a youthful take on Imagining the Divine.

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Empires of FaithFebruary 8, 2018February 8, 20181 Comment

Imagining the Divine: where’s the BBQ?

Dominic Dalglish responds to three appraisals of the Imagining the Divine exhibition from some of the UK’s leading scholars. In this piece, we look at the suggestions of Neil Macgregor, former Director of the British Museum and current Director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.  

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Empires of FaithFebruary 7, 2018Leave a comment

Imagining the Divine: where are the blobs?

In this short series, Dominic Dalglish responds to three appraisals of the Imagining the Divine exhibition from some of the UK’s leading scholars. In this piece, we turn to the comments of Mary Beard on ‘blobs’.

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Empires of FaithFebruary 5, 2018February 7, 2018Leave a comment

Unexpected Meetings #5: Facing the Afterlife

For our fifth instalment of this series of posts on unexpected juxtapositions in the Imagining the Divine exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Maria Lidova is struck by two very different objects in the first gallery that tackle similar themes of death and marriage.

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Empires of FaithJanuary 23, 2018January 23, 2018Leave a comment

Unexpected Meetings #4: The Maskell Ivory

The fourth in a series of blog posts inspired by the juxtaposition of objects in the Ashmolean exhibition Imagining the Divine, which closes on February 18th 2018. Here, Prof. Jaś Elsner considers two juxtaposed figures within one object, an ivory plaque from a late Roman ivory casket. Continue reading “Unexpected Meetings #4: The Maskell Ivory”

Empires of FaithJanuary 5, 2018January 5, 2018Leave a comment

Unexpected Meetings #3: Kish

The third in a series of blog posts that draw out additional connections between objects displayed in the Ashmolean Museum’s Imagining the Divine exhibition. Rachel Wood discusses two very different objects from the same site: the city of Kish in the Sasanian Empire.  Continue reading “Unexpected Meetings #3: Kish”

Empires of FaithDecember 21, 2017January 15, 2018Leave a comment

To Find the Stupa Within

Sajda Van Der Leeuw analyses the Heart Sutra, a Buddhist text featured in the Imagining the Divine exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum.

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Empires of FaithDecember 11, 2017December 14, 20171 Comment

Unexpected meetings #2: Magic Carpets

The second in a new series of blog posts that draws connections between objects in the Ashmolean Museum’s Imagining the Divine exhibition. Katherine Cross examines three intricate carpet pages from holy manuscripts: from a Gospel, a Quran, and a Torah. Continue reading “Unexpected meetings #2: Magic Carpets”

Empires of FaithDecember 1, 2017December 1, 2017Leave a comment

Unexpected Meetings #1: Dionysos & Dionysos

In a new series of short blog posts, the curators of Imagining the Divine draw out connections between pairs of objects in the Ashmolean Museum’s exhibition. Jaś Elsner kicks off proceedings with two of the first artefacts on display. Continue reading “Unexpected Meetings #1: Dionysos & Dionysos”

Empires of FaithNovember 24, 2017December 1, 2017Leave a comment

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