Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 6:30pm
Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003

RSVP required at info@neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org or 212-228-2781.  Admission is free, but space is limited.

Princeton University’s current exhibition, Architecture as Icon studies the perception and representation of architecture in Byzantine Art through an exhibit of rarely viewed objects from Greece, Romania, Armenia, and Russia. This is the first exhibit of its kind to move the focus of iconic artwork beyond the foreground images and acknowledge the often overlooked backgrounds, celebrating the relevance of architectural figures within the composition.

Dr. Katherine Marsengill will give an illustrated presentation of works from the exhibit based on her gallery talk.  Katherine Marsengill received her BA and MA from the University of Georgia, and Ph.D from Princeton University.  She studies Byzantine art, specializing in portraiture and icons. She began working on the exhibition in 2003 as a research assistant, and has written several of the entries for the catalogue published by Princeton and Yale University Press.  She is currently working on upcoming publications.

The Architecture as Icon is on exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum until June 6, 2010.  Gallery hours, location, and other visiting information can be found on the museum’s website: www.princetonartmuseum.org.

This program is sponsored by the Neighborhood Preservation Center and by US/ICOMOS.  US/ICOMOS is the US National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, fostering world cultural heritage through advocacy, education, policy and science.  More about US/ICOMOS, their mission and May International Symposium can be found at their website:  www.usicomos.org .