In part four of the colloquium oli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art, Harvard University, explores the life of artifacts in a variety of media and the Byzantine views towards materiality and their aesthetic and iconographic language. Organized to foster connections between the exhibition Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections at the National Gallery of Art and the research interests and collections of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, this colloquium echoes the companion volume to the exhibition catalogue, Cities and Countryside in Byzantine Greece. Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections is on view through March 2, 2014. This program was coordinated with and supported by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0000