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Show Saturday, April 22, 1989 The Fine Arts Auditorium of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts & Museum Gallery Area < 9:00 a.m. Dr. H.B. Nicholson (LL.B.,Law, University of California Law School, Berkeley,CA, M.A. and Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University, 1958; currently Professor of Anthropology, UCLA) is a senior scholar of international reputation, and is the leading authority in the U.S. on the culture and art of the Aztecs and of the art of West Mexico. Coffee and distribution of programs to audience. 10:00 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. Dr .H.B. Nicholson, "Current Issues in the Interpretation of the Art of West Mexico", discussion session with the audience. Dr. David Freidel ( Ph.D. Anthropology, Harvard University, 1976 currently Associate Professor of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.TX) is widely regarded as one of the most innovative archaeologists working in the field of Maya studies today. He has maintained a strong interest in the religious and intellectual life of ancient societies. 11 :15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. Mark Graham,"Tomb of Life: The Symbolism of Seashells in the PreColumbian Art of West Mexico and the Maya". Dr. Dorie Reents-Budet (M.A.,Anthropology, 1980 and Ph.D.,Art History, 1985, The University of Texas at Austin, presently Curator of Pre-Columbian A~, Duke University Museum of Art, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC) is a younger scholar who has already established herself as one of the leading authorities in interpreting the images and hieroglyphs painted on the pottery vessels that were made to be buried with Maya kings, nobles and warriors. 12:15 p.m.-1 :00 p.m. Box lunches available by reservation. 1 :00 p.m.-2:00 p.m: a: w :E < ..J < a: zw ... (..) C z < (1) .0 rn E ~ .c. u C ~ >< 0 (1) .0 C 0 "'O .... Q) .c. u ~ (1) 0. (1) B <( 2:15-3:15 Dr. Dorie Reents-Budet, "Function, Beauty and Meaning: The Three Dimensions of Classic Maya Pottery". 0. N 0 (..) >< w :E (1) 0) rn .... (1) > (1) co t: (1) U) U) Q) 0 ....Q)C'CS Dr. Mark Miller Graham, (PhD., Art History, UCLA), visiting f acuity member teaching art history at the University of Utah, is one of very few scholars in PreColumbian art history who has worked intensively on the art of Lower Central America, especially that of Costa Rica and Panama. He was the only art historian to speak at the 1987 Dumbarton Oaks Conference on Wealth and Hierarchy in the Intermediate Area (Lower Central America and Northern South America). Dr. David Freidel, "Enter the King: The Religious and Political Symbolism of the Classic Maya Jester God." > rn E "i:: 0. "'O rn ~ U) rn u5 rn Q.. Q) j ICF11 f~R~l l@@I ~ E rn z (J') (J') .... "'O (1) "'O <( (1) u5 Q) :J CT "'O (1) .... (J') (1) - (1) (J') 0 .c. u CT -C -0 0 :J C: (1) "'0- .c. -~:J 3:30 p.m~ Public reception honoring scholars in the Museum gallery. ~ rn "i:: .. rn ~ Q) Q) 0) ~~ UC C Q) :J .... .... E rn i E~ :J .... z~ |
