Eternity in Stone: The Art of the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Eternity in Stone: The Art of the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Explore the visual language of eternity in Ancient Egyptian funerary art. This lecture will decode symbolic motifs, architectural design, and the social-political function of tombs, sarcophagi, and wall reliefs, centering how art shaped ancient understandings of life, death, and the divine.

A Monthly Lecture Series at Goucher College

What can a material say? How do artists use their mediums to express memory, identity, power, and protest?

In From Medium to Meaning, this monthly lecture series explores the art historical, cultural, and political contexts of diverse artistic practices. Spanning ancient funerary art to contemporary installation, the series centers close looking, material exploration, and critical analysis—connecting past to present, the classroom to the gallery, and the personal to the collective.

Each lecture will be presented by Liz Faust, Director of Exhibitions and Curator, and will highlight objects from Goucher’s collection, regional artists, or current exhibitions, offering new ways of seeing art history in motion.

Host or Publisher Goucher Art Galleries