Ah, se eu estivesse na California: Mesopotamia no Getty Museum (com o Louvre)

Minhas primeiras leituras "sérias" foram sobre arqueologia na Antiguidade, sobretudo no berço da nossa civilização: a Babilônia. Lembro ainda hoje, das leituras precoces sobre o mundo antigo e as descobertas arqueológicas feitas no século XIX e início do século XX.
Essas antiguidades, roubadas, compradas, expropriadas, doadas, estão espalhadas em diversos museus no mundo, especialmente na Europa (a imperialista), nos EUA (os donos do dinheiro) e na própria região, que ainda não visitamos, eu ou Carmen Lícia. Mas já visitamos praticamente todos os museus europeus e americanos que possuem essas coleções fantásticas, e especialmente a Villa Getty, que agora organiza esta fabulosa exposição junto com o Museu do Louvre.
Paulo Roberto de Almeida

Wall Panel with a Striding Lion, 605–562 BC, Neo-Babylonian. Glazed ceramic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.1). Image: www.metmuseum.org

EXHIBITIONS

Statuette of a Human-Headed Bull, about 2150–2000 BC, Neo-Sumerian. Chlorite. Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités orientales. Image © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski

Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins

March 18–July 27, 2020 | The Getty Villa

Mesopotamia—the land "between the rivers" in modern-day Iraq—was home to the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Among their many achievements are the creation of the earliest known script (cuneiform), the formation of the first cities, the development of advanced astronomical and mathematical knowledge, and spectacular artistic and literary accomplishments. This exhibition covers three millennia, from the emergence of the first cities in about 3200 BC to Alexander the Great's conquest of Babylon in 331 BC.

Exhibition organized by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins

Mesopotamia—the land "between the rivers" in modern-day Iraq—was home to the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Among their many achievements are the creation of the earliest known script (cuneiform), the formation of the first cities, the development of advanced astronomical and mathematical knowledge, and spectacular artistic and literary accomplishments. The exhibition covers three millennia from the first cities in about 3200 BC to Alexander the Great’s conquest of Babylon in 331 BC.

Exhibition organized by the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

FEATURED EXHIBITION

Mesopotamia

Civilization Begins

March 18–July 27, 2020, GETTY VILLA