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SUMMARY:Reading, Listening, and Viewing: Three Ways of Experiencing the <i>Shahnama</i>
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Reading, Listening, and Viewing: Three Ways of Experiencing the <i>Shahnama</i>=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/440900131=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2010-09-23=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2010-09-23=0D=0A=0D=0AMary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums; Sunil Sharma, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Boston University; and Sassan Tabatabai, Lecturer in Persian, Boston University.=0D=0A==0D=0A=The greatest epic poem in the Persian language, the Shahnama (&ldquo;Book of Kings&rdquo;) has inspired a rich oral tradition of dramatic recitation and a wide range of visual arts. This gallery talk will examine the works of art in the installation Heroic Gestes: Epic Tales from Firdawsi's 'Shahnama,' exploring the techniques of expression that artists use to convey meaning and mood in a written text, an oral performance, and a painting.=0D=0A==0D=0A=This popular series considers objects from more than one point of view. The informal talks, many of them by Harvard Art Museums curators, conservators, and educators and Harvard University faculty members, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art and encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing.=0D=0A==0D=0A=Free with the price of admission. Open to the public.=0D=0A==0D=0A=Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early.=0D=0A==0D=0A=For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:3:30pm-4:30pm
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