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3rd Annual Patrons' Circle Lecture

November 7 - November 8, 2013
10:30PM - 12:00AM
155 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Ave.

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Add to Calendar 2013-11-07 22:30:00 2013-11-08 00:00:00 3rd Annual Patrons' Circle Lecture Carolyn Dean, professor, History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz: "Sentient Stones: Meaning in Inka Masonry." In the 15th and early 16th centuries the Inka of western South America built magnificent structures of rock; they also ate and drank with, and talked to rocks. This lecture will explore the ways the Inka manipulated rock as a medium. What did it mean to the Inka to construct using a sentient medium, and what significance was conveyed by an Inka masonry wall? Reception to follow, 214 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Ave. Free and open to all. 155 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Ave. College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public


Carolyn Dean, professor, History of Art and Visual Culture, University of California, Santa Cruz: "Sentient Stones: Meaning in Inka Masonry."

In the 15th and early 16th centuries the Inka of western South America built magnificent structures of rock; they also ate and drank with, and talked to rocks. This lecture will explore the ways the Inka manipulated rock as a medium. What did it mean to the Inka to construct using a sentient medium, and what significance was conveyed by an Inka masonry wall?

Reception to follow, 214 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Ave.

Free and open to all.

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