Home Is Where the Art Is: Domestic Art and Life in the Time of Trajan

Schedule

Sun Apr 12 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

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One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63110 | Richmond Heights, MO

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From elaborate dinner parties to immersive garden landscapes, life at home was rarely dull for wealthy Romans during the reign of Trajan. Claire Lyman, curatorial intern for European art to 1800 and graduate student in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis, will look closely at a selection of objects from the exhibition Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan to paint a picture of elite domestic life in the late-first and early-second centuries.
Artwork credit: Fresco Depicting a Couple in Flight, 1st century CE; Roman, Imperial period; fresco on plaster; 28 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches; The National Archaeological Museum of Naples 2026.30
Event listing: https://www.slam.org/event/home-is-where-the-art-is-domestic-art-and-life-in-the-time-of-trajan/
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