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Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Art Museum


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Saturday, March 06

Exhibition
Architecture as Icon: Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine Art
The exhibition will be the first of its kind devoted to the topic of Byzantine architectural representation, challenging long-held assumptions in Western art history and providing new ways of understanding Byzantine art and architecture from A.D. 300 to the early nineteenth century.

Icon of Saint Dimitrios
Crete (?), late 16th–early 17th century
Tempera on wood, 108 x 82.5 x 9 cm
Museum of Antivouniotissa, Corfu, Greece
[Photo courtesy of the Museum of Antivouniotissa, Corfu, Greece]





Art for Families
Creatures: Real or Imagined
Free and open to all, Creatures: Real or Imagined is part of Art for Families, the Museum's Saturday programming featuring drop-in self-guided tours, related art projects, and story time offered by the Princeton Public Library.
Art Museum 10:30 am


Tour
Highlights Tours
Discover the Art Museum's premier collections spanning antiquity to contemporary in a Highlights Tours, offered free of charge. Tours meet at the entrance to the Museum.
Art Museum 2:00 pm


Lecture and Opening Reception
Beholding the Symbol: The Transcendental Role of Architecture in Byzantine Art
Given by Slobodan Ċurčiċ, Professor of Art and Achaeology at Princeton University, this lecture celebrates the opening to Architecture as Icon: Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine Art. A reception will follow at the Art Museum. The opening reception and associated programming have been made possible by the support of the Friends and the Partners of the Princeton University Art Museum.
McCosh 10, Princeton University 5:00 pm