ARCHITECTURE AS ICON: PERCEPTION AND REPRESENTATION OF ARCHITECTURE IN BYZANTINE ART
Presented by the Society of Architectural Historians, Philadelphia Chapter
An Exhibition Tour
This exhibit is the first of its kind devoted to the topic of Byzantine architectural representation, challenging long-held assumptions in Western art history and providing new ways of understanding Byzantine art and architecture from A.D. 300 to the early nineteenth century. Among the approximately ninety works on view will be seldom-seen objects and icons from thirty-four public and private collections in eleven countries, including the State History Museum in Erevan, Armenia; the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia; the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece; and the National Museum of Art in Bucharest, Romania.
Visitors coming in cars may park in Parking Lot 7, a multilevel parking garage on campus. Enter the Princeton campus via the rotary on Faculty Road and drive straight through the second rotary. The guard at the entrance kiosk will direct you. From the garage to the museum is a walk of about 10 minutes. By public transportation take the SEPTA R7 to Trenton, transfer to NJ Transit's NE Corridor line to NYC, get off at Princeton Junction and take the shuttle train to Princeton. The Art Museum is about a 10 minute walk across campus from the train station. Campus map is available at www.princeton.edu
Princeton University Art Museum
$5.00 for members of Phila SAH, $10 for all others. Tour limited to 30 participants. Register: 610-566-2342 or ffaphila@hotmail.com with the name, phone number and email address.
Once registered, fee is payable on site by cash or check to Philadelphia Chapter SAH.
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