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| Wednesday, March 19 | |
| 4:30 PM | Chinese Art Lecture "The Emperor's Old Toys-Rethinking the Yongzheng (1723-35) Scroll of Antiquities in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art," a lecture by Dr. Shane McCausland (University of London), a candidate for the position of Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art at the Seattle Art Museum. This lecture presents a study of a Qing (1644-1911) court painting, dated 1728. Depicting some 250 antiquities from the imperial collection, it is a painting subject that appears to be unique in China's court painting history. The only painting in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, the Scroll of Antiquities illustrates a rare early twelfth-century Ru bowl in the Foundation's collection. It is but one of a series of scrolls seemingly geared to justify collecting Chinese antiquities as part of enlightened Manchu rulership. Please RSVP: 206-654-3182 or HeatherH@SeattleArtMuseum.org. 4:30 pm, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park. Reception to follow. |
| Monday, March 31 | |
| 5:00 PM | Italian Studies Lecture "Acting on Faith: The Confraternity of the Gonfalone and its Passion Plays in the Colosseum," Nerida Newbigin (Italian Studies University of Sydney, Australia). Free and open to the public. Confraternities were brotherhoods that constituted one of the most fundamental and vital forms of religious expression for lay men, women, and children from pre-modern Europe to the twentieth century. The confraternity of the Gonfalone, founded in the 1260s and believed to be the oldest in Rome, was among the largest, most important, and most famous. From 1490 onwards, the Gonfalone's principal public performance was a Passion performed on Good Friday in the Colosseum. The Colosseum was neither built as a theater nor understood to have been a theater, so what inspired the Gonfalone company to claim this space for performing its plays? Newbigin's talk will explore the way in which negotiated changes in theatrical space changed both the nature of the play and perception of the Colosseum. Sponsored by: The Simpson Center for the Humanities, The Early Modern Research Group, The Center for West European Studies, The Division of French and Italian, and the Departments of Architecture, Art History, Comparative Literature and History. 5 pm, Communications 226. Reception to follow. |