The year 2023 marks the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), the celebrated Roman author, natural philosopher, and statesman. Wonder and Wakefulness celebrates the multifaceted legacy of Pliny’s Natural History, considered the “first encyclopedia” in the Western tradition, and its reverberations through two millennia of art, culture, and natural science. Christopher Page's The Bay of Naples II made in 2022 takes place in the exhibition. This exhibition was curated by Dr. Andrew C. Weislogel, the Seymour R. Askin, Jr. ’47 Curator of Earlier European and American Art at the Johnson Museum, and Dr. Verity Platt, Professor of Classics and the History of Art & Visual Studies. The exhibition takes place between January 21, 2023–11 June,2023.
December 2, 2022
