LAPATIN, Kenneth D. S. 1961-

PERSONAL:

Born May 5, 1961, in Kansas City, MO; son of Arnold (a publisher) and Miriam (a psychologist) Shapiro; married Marina Belozerskaya (a writer), August 17, 2001. Education: University of California—Berkeley, B.A. (English) and B.A. (classics), both 1984, Ph.D., 1994; Oxford University, M.St., 1986.

ADDRESSES:

Office—J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Archaeologist and art historian; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, affiliate.

MEMBER:

International Association for Classical Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America (president of Boston society).

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fulbright scholar at American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1988; Oscar Broneer fellow, American Academy in Rome, 1989; David Finley fellow, National Gallery of Art, 1991; Bogliasco fellow, Liguria Study Center, 2002.

WRITINGS:

Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2001.

Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2002.

Contributor to books and to periodicals, including Archaeology, American Journal of Archaeology, Hesperia, Museum Helveticum, International Journal of the Classical Tradition, Source: Notes in the History of Art, Art Bulletin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Ars Orientalis, and Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

The Sumptuous Arts of Greece and Rome, for J. Paul Getty Museum Press (Los Angeles, CA); research on ancient luxury arts, ancient ivories, forgeries, historiography of ancient art, and the classical tradition.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, July 31, 2002, Bryan Woolley, review of Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History, p. K5445.

Publishers Weekly, March 4, 2002, review of Mysteries of the Snake Goddess, p. 71.