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A new painting from the MU Museum of Art and Archaeology was installed in the Grand Reading Room on August 11. Information about the painting is below.
David Ligare (American, b. 1945)
Dido in Resolve, 1989
Oil on canvas (89.6)
MU Museum of Art and Archaeology
Gift of the MU Student Fee Capital Improvements Committee
David Ligare is a California based artist who was commissioned to create a contemporary classical painting for the Museum of Art and Archaeology to serve as a link between the ancient and modern objects in the Museum’s collection. Ligare’s painting represents an episode from the Aeneid by the Roman author Vergil.
According to the story, Dido, Queen of the North African coastal city of Carthage, met the Trojan prince Aeneas when he stopped in Carthage after the end of the Trojan War. Aeneas fell in love with the queen, and the two spent the following winter together. Later, Mercury, the messenger of the gods, visited Aeneas and urged him to travel to Italy to found a new Troy (which later became the Roman Empire). Choosing not to disobey the gods, Aeneas departed and abandoned Dido. Distraught over her lost love, the queen built an enormous pyre to burn all of Aeneas’ leftover possessions.
Ligare pictures Dido in her palace as Aeneas’ ships depart Carthage. As smoke from the pyre rises in the background, the queen resolves to end her life. Dido eventually threw her own body onto the pyre, cursing Aeneas as she committed suicide.
Ligare makes visual references to archaeological objects in the painting, representing, for example, a classical lamp similar to those found in the Museum’s collection. The artist also shows Dido seated in profile, a position that recalls the traditional poses of deceased figures in ancient Greek funerary monuments. Ligare’s frame, moreover, resembles the structures that surround these ancient monuments. These funerary references allow the artist to foreshadow Dido’s death with the formal elements of the painting.
ALL STAFF: Please use the following information to answer any questions you may receive from our users about the reduction in hours. Please share this information with your student workers as well. We will also place an announcement with similar wording on the gateway. Send all media inquiries to Shannon Cary. Thanks.
Ellis Library Fall Hours 2016
Mon-Thu 7:30am-Midnight
Fri 7:30am-7pm
Sat 9am-7pm
Sun Noon- Midnight
The University Libraries will reduce hours for Ellis Library (and some of the specialized libraries) at the beginning of the fall semester. Ellis Library will no longer be open 24 hours, but will close most days at midnight.
In order to maintain the highest service level possible, the Libraries have increased the hours for online chat access to librarians. Students and researchers may ask questions online almost any time of day or night.
In addition, Ellis Library will be open 24 hours the week before and the week of Finals.
In addition to reducing hours, the Libraries have eliminated eight positions and will be cutting approximately $1.2 million in collections. These measures result from a lack of student fee revenue as well as the 5% cut to MU general operating funds. The Libraries administration continues to seek funds through a variety of sources.
All hours for Ellis Library and the specialized libraries can be found at library.missouri.edu/hours.
Send additional questions to Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu or 573-882-4703.
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Columbia Missourian, August 4, 2016
Approved by LMT on July 26, 2016
In August 1971, the Apollo 15 astronauts drove their land rover on the moon and Carol Turner worked her first day as a Library employee. Congratulations to Carol on 45 years of service to the Libraries!
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