The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon will show an exhibition of ancient and medieval lamps beginning March 14 and running through May 17.
Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to get to make it to Salem, Oregon, but this is an interesting idea for a show that involves the oft-forgotten decorative arts (or "material culture") of ancient and medieval society.
The show will feature about 84 oil lamps, some functional and some with mythological and religious relief scenes, all from the Bogue Collection at Portland State University. The lamps represent a wide range of materials and cultures, dated from as early as 3,000 BCE and continuing through the medieval period.
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