Lecture: Maxwell Hearn February 10, 2006

Maxwell K. Hearn, senior curator of Chinese art at New York?s Metropolitan Museum of Art, will present a lecture titled ?The Iconography of Loyalism in Early Qing Painting? on Friday, Feb. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Boliou Hall, Room 104. The event is free and open to the public.

Hearn will speak on artistic trends from China?s last imperial dynasty. The Manchus, a semi-nomadic people from northeast China, established the Qing (or Pure) Dynasty in 1664. The early part of the period was marked by political security and a thriving economy; Chinese cultural traditions were embraced and art flourished. The court was a leading patron of the arts, which had a decided influence on the works of the age. The Qing Dynasty ended when the Republic of China was established in 1911.

Hearn joined the Metropolitan Museum in 1971. His extensive published works include ?Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei? and, most recently, ?Cultivated Landscapes: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Hél?ne and Guy Weill.? During his tenure at the Met he has organized numerous collections and special exhibitions, helping to establish the museum as a premier collector of Asian art.

The Carleton art department is sponsoring the event. For more information and disability accommodations, call the Carleton art and art history department at (507) 646-4341.