SEEFEST FIELD TRIP: GETTY VILLA – ANCIENT THRACE AND THE CLASSICAL WORLD
SEEFest Field Trip to the Getty Villa in Malibu
Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania and Greece
The ancient land of Thrace, on the northern border of Greece (comprising present-day Bulgaria and parts of Romania), was home to a tribal culture that produced superb gold, silver, and bronze works used in aristocratic pursuits, such as warfare, horsemanship, and banqueting. This exhibition features many objects that were discovered in spectacular Thracian burial mounds. At various times adversaries and allies of the Greeks, the Thracians were greatly influenced by Greek art but created their own distinctive style.
This project is part of the exhibition series Classical World in Context. Organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Bulgaria and the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies , the California Arts Council, a state agency; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, and with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are deeply grateful for their past and current support of our programs. The Dutch film program is supported by Dutch Culture USA of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.