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.
Nigel Spivey | |
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 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 |
As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion in hammer throw at the Oxford–Cambridge athletics match; he remains a member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organisation. During the 1990s, he conducted "Lunch with the FT" interviews for the Financial Times newspaper alongside his academic career.[1][a]
TV
editHe 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 the BBC: “Cunk on Earth”, Season 1, episodes 1–2, 2022.
Published works include
edit- 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.[3]
Footnotes
editExplanatory notes
edit- ^ The morning after one such interview, with the poet Gavin Ewart, Spivey received a call from Ewart's wife: "There are two things you need to know," she said. "The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning."[2]
References
edit- ^ Engel, Matthew (28 April 2012). "Let's do lunch!". The Financial Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ Engel, Matthew (28 April 2012). "Let's do lunch!". The Financial Times. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ Spivey, N. (2013), "Preface" in Greek Sculpture, Cambridge University Press, 9780521756983