Mary Louise Hart

Bio

Mary Louise Hart is an associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She specializes in ancient Greek art and the iconography of myth, epic, and drama, as well as its performance and reception.

Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum Associate Curator

Stories

  1. Excavating Your Pantry for an Ancient Roman Meal

    Article

    Wall painting of two men holding a small mammal while one cuts it with a knife, standing in a room with a large silver vessel and a pillar with a tray of food

    Three simple recipes to help you eat like a Roman

    Aug 13, 2024

  2. Greek Mythology and Ancient Daily Life in Film and TV

    Article

    collage of TV and film posters including Orefu Negro, Gli Amori di Ercole, Clash of the Titans, O Brother, Where Art Thou, Star Trek, Troy: Fall of a City, and The Simpsons

    Getty Villa curators on how Hollywood tells ancient stories

    May 27, 2021

  3. A Lasting War: Representing Troy in Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe

    Article

    Greek water jar depicting the Sack of Troy including a large warrior killing Astyanax, a small figure being held up by the leg

    Both medieval illuminators and Greek vase-painters represented the Trojan war as a contemporary conflict

    Jan 31, 2011