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Art Professor Peter Low to Discuss Medieval Art in Last Lecture of the Annual Faculty Lecture Series
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., March 11, 2008 -- The last lecture of the annual Faculty Lecture Series at Williams College will be given by Peter Low, associate professor of art. He will talk on "Materializing Metaphor: Bodies, Buildings, and Ephesians 2:11-22 in Medieval Art" on Thursday, March 13, at 4 p.m. in Wege Auditorium on the Williams campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk.
Low's lecture will consider the question "What was the point of public religious art in churches in the Middle Ages?" by investigating one episode in the history of a "remarkable pictorial project that was developed at an array of sites across Europe and stretched from the early fifth century through the mid-twelfth century."
This project, which has gone unrecognized by art historians until now, was rooted in the visualization of a biblical passage full of metaphors that equated human bodies with blocks of stone, to rich theological effect.
Low will demonstrate how these visualizations were designed to activate architecture, in devotional terms, and, at the same time, to unite the people who used this architecture with Christ, the invisible object of their worship.
Low teaches Introduction to Western Art History, Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture: The Medieval Church in Context, and Inventing Joan of Arc: The History of a Hero(ine) in Literature, Pictures and Film, among other courses at Williams.
He specializes in Romanesque art and architecture, monastic art, and art and pilgrimage and has published in Art Bulletin and Avista Forum Journal.
His grants and awards include a Getty Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, a Mello Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship.
Low received his B.A. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He did his postdoctoral work at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
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Low's lecture will consider the question "What was the point of public religious art in churches in the Middle Ages?" by investigating one episode in the history of a "remarkable pictorial project that was developed at an array of sites across Europe and stretched from the early fifth century through the mid-twelfth century."
This project, which has gone unrecognized by art historians until now, was rooted in the visualization of a biblical passage full of metaphors that equated human bodies with blocks of stone, to rich theological effect.
Low will demonstrate how these visualizations were designed to activate architecture, in devotional terms, and, at the same time, to unite the people who used this architecture with Christ, the invisible object of their worship.
Low teaches Introduction to Western Art History, Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture: The Medieval Church in Context, and Inventing Joan of Arc: The History of a Hero(ine) in Literature, Pictures and Film, among other courses at Williams.
He specializes in Romanesque art and architecture, monastic art, and art and pilgrimage and has published in Art Bulletin and Avista Forum Journal.
His grants and awards include a Getty Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, a Mello Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship.
Low received his B.A. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He did his postdoctoral work at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
Event: Iliyana
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