symposium

Art History

(noun)

In ancient Graeco-Roman culture, a drinking party.

Related Terms

  • hydria
  • komast
  • symposia
  • bucchero
  • chiaroscuro

(noun)

(in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Related Terms

  • hydria
  • komast
  • symposia
  • bucchero
  • chiaroscuro
Communications

(noun)

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

Related Terms

  • forum
  • format

Examples of symposium in the following topics:

  • Group Presentation Formats

    • A symposium presentation is a group presentation that is essentially a collection of individual presentations covering a broad topic.
  • Pop Art

    • New York's Museum of Modern Art hosted a Symposium on Pop Art in December 1962 during which artists like Warhol were attacked for "capitulating" to consumerism.
    • This symposium set the tone for Warhol's reception.
  • Painting in the Greek High Classical Period

    • The tomb depicts a symposium scene on its walls and an image of diver on the inside of the covering slab.
    • The bodies of the men at the symposium more accurately demonstrate an Archaic reliance on line to model the form of the body and the draping of their clothing.
    • This is the symposium scene painted on the Tomb of the Diver in Paestum.
  • Etruscan Tombs

    • This image depicts men and women with servants at a symposium.
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