Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation
Event Date as Display String:
Sunday, September 22, 2019, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St. , Cambridge
URL:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/exhibitions/5924/early-christian-africa-arts-of-transformation
Event Description:
Christianity has important early roots in the Nile Valley and
Ethiopia. Related arts often embody core local African values — an
aesthetics that privileges moral value and simplicity over opulence,
wealth, or power. This is an art of the people: limestone not marble,
wool and linen rather than silk, bone instead of ivory, terracotta,
wood, and copper in place of gold.
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Event Start Date as Date Type:
Sunday, September 22, 2019 - 15:00 to 16:00
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