{"id":4513,"date":"2018-01-11T12:25:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?page_id=4513"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:20:58","slug":"mother-goddess-fertility-figures-of-the-ancient-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/mother-goddess-fertility-figures-of-the-ancient-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Goddess: Fertility Figures of the Ancient Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February 6 \u2013 May 13, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4514\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2018\/01\/Mother-Goddess-Exhibit2-web.jpg\" alt=\"Mother Goddess\" width=\"200\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2018\/01\/Mother-Goddess-Exhibit2-web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2018\/01\/Mother-Goddess-Exhibit2-web-155x300.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Childbirth was a magical and religious act for ancient cultures of the Mediterranean. &nbsp;Necessary for life, but also dangerous, it was a time in women\u2019s lives that required the intervention of the divine. &nbsp;Sculpted in stone, clay, and metal, the female figures on display in this exhibit provided a connection between mortals\u2019 hopes for children and the goddesses that could provide them. &nbsp;Many of the figures represent well-known characters from classical mythology. &nbsp;It was these myths that inspired Americans in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century to travel to the Mediterranean and collect antiquities, ultimately forming the very collections on display in museums today. &nbsp;This exhibit is presented in conjunction with the exhibit \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/reynoldahouse.org\/exhibitions\/detail\/frederic-church-a-painters-pilgrimage\">Frederic Church: A Painter\u2019s Pilgrimage<\/a>\u201d at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 6 \u2013 May 13, 2018 Childbirth was a magical and religious act for ancient cultures of the Mediterranean. &nbsp;Necessary for life, but also dangerous, it was a time in women\u2019s lives that required the intervention of the divine. &nbsp;Sculpted in stone, clay, and metal, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mother Goddess: Fertility Figures of the Ancient Mediterranean - Timothy S. 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