LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Early Modern Theories of the Imagination and the Work of Art

    Early Modern Theories of the Imagination and the Work of Art

    Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    November 17, 2010


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    2010-2011 Penn Humanities Forum on Virtuality. European artists, poets, medico-philosophers, theologians and demonologists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were intrigued and unsettled by the capacity of the imagination to recombine visual experiences into entirely new entities. Pictures of chimeras and witches—naturalistic but non-existent creatures—embody this interest in the power of the imagination. Spiraling out from such fantastic images, art historian Claudia Swan investigates early modern concerns about truth, invention and the veracity of illusion.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Free and open to the public. Pre-registration required.

        Info Phone: 215-573-8280

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        November 17, 2010

        Times:

        5-6:30 pm

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