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U.Va.
Art Museum Offers Two Lectures On The Arts Of Asia
January 29, 2003--
WHO:
Julian Raby, director of Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery
WHAT:
“Of Shells and Bones: Facts and Fables in Renaissance Europe
and the Muslim World about the Making of Chinese Porcelain”
WHEN:
Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Campbell Hall, Room 153
WHO:
Julia Curtis, an independent scholar from Williamsburg, Va.
WHAT:
“Shunzhi Styles: Decoration and Iconography on Jingdezehen
Porcelains”
WHEN:
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Campbell Hall, Room 153
This
spring the University of Virginia Art Museum will present two Weedon
Lectures in the Arts of Asia. Both programs add insight and information
to the museum’s special exhibition, “Treasures from
an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain.” The lectures are made
possible with the generous support of the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation.
For
details, call the U.Va. Art Museum, (434) 924-3592, or visit the
museum’s Web site, http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum.
Contact:
Jane Ford, (434) 924-4298
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