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Monica Bulger

About Monica Bulger

Monica Bulger is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. Her dissertation explores uses of frontality in Archaic Greek art. She earned her B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from New York University in 2015, majoring in Art History and Classics. She has excavated in Cyprus and Greece.

Anavysos (Kroisos) Kouros, c. 530 B.C.E., marble, 6' 4" (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) — From 600 to 480 B.C.E., ancient Greek cemeteries and sanctuaries were filled with marble statues of beautiful young men and women.

Kouroi and Korai, an introduction

by Monica Bulger

Kleobis and Biton grid — Standing more than 6’ tall, the statues of Kleobis and Biton had a commanding presence that would encourage passersby to stop and look at their images.

The Kouroi of Kleobis and Biton

by Monica Bulger

Ajax carrying the body of Achilles. Kleitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter), François Vase (volute-krater), mid 6th century B.C.E., Attic black-figure (made in Athens), 66 cm (Museo Archeologico, Florence) — Zeus, Hera, and more than 100 gods, heroes, and monsters enact ancient Greek mythology on the surface of this vase.

The François Vase: story book of Greek ...

by Monica Bulger