Viewing St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai, The Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture by Maria Vassilaki (University of Thessaly & Member of the Benaki Museum Board of Trustees), The Cleveland Museum of Art via Zoom, September 26, 2021, 2:00–3:00 pm

Saint Catherine’s Monastery is located in Sinai, a place associated with well-known events narrated in the Old Testament, making the region the ultimate locus sanctus (holy place). Built in Egypt in the mid-sixth century by emperor Justinian on the site of Moses’s Burning Bush at the foot of Mount Sinai, the fortified monastery remains intact to this day. In this lecture, Maria Vassilaki investigates how and when the Sinai landscape was transformed from a mere background setting into an independent composition.

The Dr. John and Helen Collis Lecture is an annual lecture devoted to Ancient Greek and Byzantine Art.

Advance registration required.