Race and the Invention of the Greek Profile: From Winckelmann to Warhol
Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York CityThe NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present "Race and the Invention of the Greek Profile: from Winckelmann to Warhol," a lecture by Éric Michaud. We owe to Winckelmann the invention of the Griechische Profil which he assumed to be “as peculiar to the ancient Greeks, as flat noses and little eyes to the Calmuks and Chinese.”…