Nigel Spivey
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 Nygel Spivey on 7 March 2013 | |
| Born | 17 October 1958 |
| Occupation | University of Cambridge |
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| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
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| Discipline | Classicist |
| Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture |
Nygel "Nigel" Jonathan Spivey (born 17 October 1958) is a British classicist and academic, specialising in classical art and archaeology. He is a senior lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He has written extensively on the Etruscans and on the Olympic Games.
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion at the Oxford-Cambridge athletics match and he remains an active member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organization.
TV[]
He has presented various television series:
- For BBC: How Art Made the World, 2005
- For ITV: Digging for Jesus, 2005
- For Channel 5: , and .
Published works[]
- Understanding Greek Sculpture
- Etruscan Art (1997)
- Greek Art & Ideas (1997)
- Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and Fortitude (2001)
- Panorama of the Classical World (With Michael Squire) (2004)
- The Ancient Olympics: War minus the shooting (2004)
- Songs On Bronze: The Greek Myths Made Real (2005)
- Greek Sculpture (2013), an "entire renovation" of Understanding Greek Sculpture.[1]
Tours[]
He leads archaeological tours for Peter Sommer Travels.
References[]
- ^ Spivey, N. (2013), "Preface" in Greek Sculpture, Cambridge University Press, 9780521756983
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Categories:
- British classical scholars
- Classical archaeologists
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of classics
- 1958 births
- Living people