MillerComm Lecture Series
Landscape and Symbol in the Art of Ancient Mexico
Thursday, March 10th, 1988
Richard Townsend
4:00pm
Temple Buell Architecture Gallery
608 East Lorado Taft Drive, Urbana
Event Description
Dr. Townsend will discuss the architecture and sculpture of ritual centers as symbolic landscapes and the functions of these places as cosmological settings in ancient urban life. The lecture/slide presentation will concentrate on 15th century Aztec sites.
Â
In conjunction with: School of Art and Design, Anthropology Department, Art History Program, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of Architecture, George A. Miller Committee
Richard Townsend
Curator of the Department of Africa, Oceana, and the Americas
Art Institute of Chicago