Fall Lecture Series, #3: How to Read an Icon: Representations of Space and Time in the Russian Icon Tradition
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Saturday, November 7, 2009
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union St.
Clinton, MA 01510
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Last of 3 Lecture Series The Russian icon tradition makes regular use of a representational device that is sometimes called "inverted perspective," as a result of which persons and objects in the icon may appear to modern viewers to be distorted. This presentation will discuss the appropriateness and utility of the term "inverted perspective" in the context of a broader examination of how and why Russian icons represent space and time differently from the more familiar post-medieval representational western art.
David J. Birnbaum is Professor and Chair of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include medieval Slavic Orthodox culture, with particular attention to manuscript studies, and he is the Associate Editor of the 2003 Harvard University Press critical edition of the Povest' vremennykh let (Rus' Primary Chronicle).
Cost: $10 each lecture, All 3 for $25
College Woo Card: 1 Free Admission with 1 Paid Adult Admission
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail:
tyoung@museumofrussianicons.org
Phone: 978-598-5000x17
Last Modified: August 5, 2009 at 4:41 PM
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Fall Lecture Series, #3: How to Read an Icon: Representations of Space and Time in the Russian Icon Tradition
Art - Lecture/Discussion
Saturday, November 7, 2009
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union St.
Clinton, MA 01510
Google Maps - MapQuest
Last of 3 Lecture Series The Russian icon tradition makes regular use of a representational device that is sometimes called "inverted perspective," as a result of which persons and objects in the icon may appear to modern viewers to be distorted. This presentation will discuss the appropriateness and utility of the term "inverted perspective" in the context of a broader examination of how and why Russian icons represent space and time differently from the more familiar post-medieval representational western art.
David J. Birnbaum is Professor and Chair of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include medieval Slavic Orthodox culture, with particular attention to manuscript studies, and he is the Associate Editor of the 2003 Harvard University Press critical edition of the Povest' vremennykh let (Rus' Primary Chronicle).
Cost: $10 each lecture, All 3 for $25
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail: tyoung@museumofrussianicons.org
Phone: 978-598-5000x17
Last Modified: August 5, 2009 at 4:41 PM
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