M.A. Murray’s scientific contributions

... She commented on the 'athletic feat' achieved by an Egyptian worker shown braced full-length between two crushing poles, although this is likely to be artistic exaggeration. 42 Similarly, her discussion of the wine production shown in the Greek vase painting does not engage with the fact that it is carried out by satyrs, and is therefore embedded in complex Dionysiac symbolism, which must at least call into question its function as an accurate representation of ancient wine-making practices. 43 Some of her lines of inquiry concerning ancient objects were arguably insufficiently informed by their nature as artefacts made for reasons that may not have included, or may not have been limited to, accurate representation. ...

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Between science and art: Irene Manton’s collection of antiquities