Calendar, 2009-10

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. No tickets are required.

March 2010

Lecture:
'Who Were Artists in Ancient Egypt and What Audiences Did They Address?'

John Baines

Ancient Egyptian artworks were typically made by people of unknown name, for extremely small audiences. The only form that had wide visibility was large-scale architecture, but it often presented a message of exclusion. The production of aesthetic artifacts, built spaces, and events, many requiring vast resources, was a major social preoccupation.

How far can we capture and characterize the group or groups responsible for commissioning and carrying out works? Can we trace chains of action among patrons, designers, executants, and audiences? How different is the Egyptian case from other traditions?

Thursday, March 4
7:00 p.m.

Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall

October 2009

Third Lovis Corinth Colloquium:
"The Authority of the Word: Reflecting on Image and Text in Northern Europe, 1400-1800"

How did text and image provide access to the divine word for early modern Europeans?  The Third Lovis Corinth Colloquium provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the ways in which the mutual form and function, manner and meaning of texts and images were conceived and deployed in Northern Europe between 1400 and 1700.

Complementary to the exhibition, "Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints in the Sixteenth Century," in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 17, 2009 - January 24, 2010.

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Thursday, October 8
2:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, October 9-10
9:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall