Nigel Spivey | |
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.jpg) Nigel Spivey on 7 March 2013 | |
| Born | 18 October 1958 |
| Occupation | University of Cambridge |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classicist |
| Sub-discipline | Etruscan iconography, polychromy in Greek sculpture |
Nigel Jonathan Spivey (born 18 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 studied at Cambridge, the British School at Rome, and the University of Pisa.
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion (hammer throw) 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: Kings and Queens, and Heroes of World War II.
- For BBC: “ Cunk on Earth”, Season 1 Episode 1, 2022.
Published works include
- Understanding Greek Sculpture (1996)
- Etruscan Art (1997)
- Greek Art (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]
References
- ^ Spivey, N. (2013), "Preface" in Greek Sculpture, Cambridge University Press, 9780521756983
