Happy Halloween: Monsters at the UMFA
by umfablog
Halloween is here! Time to stock up on candy and pop in your spookiest DVDs; time to coordinate costumes with friends and loved ones. But, most importantly, it’s time to get scared. And the UMFA is here to help! According to David Wardle, Professor of Classics and Ancient History at University of Cape Town, the word monster derives from the Latin monstrum, which indicates an “aberrant occurrence” which is usually biological, indicating something amiss within the natural order. We humans don’t like the idea […]
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