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STAFFORD TOWNSHIP – The Romans, Renaissance masters, and even today’s art icons owe a debt to ancient Greece. The Ocean County Library Stafford Branch will present Stockton University Art History Professor Kate Ogden’s presentation, “Classical Subjects in Art: Everyone Copied the Greeks,” 7 PM Tuesday, March 21.

The educator will highlight the Grecian impact on Botticelli and other conservative artists, baroque painters and sculptors including Bernini, and surrealists such as Salvador Dali, Man Ray, René Magritte, and Giorgio di Chirico.

Attendees will also discover the influence of ancient Greece in the works of Andy Warhol, the Harry Potter film series, and the art of computer-generated imagery (CGI).

Professor Ogden has given lectures for the Pine Shores Art Association since 1992, a year after she began her career at Stockton. She specializes in American and European art of the 19th and 20th centuries and the history of photography.

The professor recently added a team-taught course on Japanese art and culture to her achievements and looks forward to her second class trip to Japan in May of this year.

Please register at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events for this free program, sponsored by the Pine Shores Art Association. For more information, visit the OCL Stafford Branch, 129 North Main Street, Manahawkin, or call (609) 597-3381.

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