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Virtual: ‘Art, Monuments, and Power in Native American Cultures Before 1500’
June 12, 2021 at 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Ruling elites have always wanted to show their power through monuments and artworks that celebrate their grandeur and exalted status. The Carolina Public Humanities’ Dialogues seminar on June 12 examines the linkage between power and monumental art in the societies that flourished long before 1500 C.E. in places that are now within the southeastern United States and Mexico.
How did the powerful rulers in these societies proclaim their power through the buildings, landscapes, sculptures, and artistic rituals that they commissioned across the territories they controlled? How did they use objects and monuments to align themselves and their people with divine actors or creation narratives? This seminar will explore such questions with an art historian and archaeologist as we discuss how rulers proclaim their power and how monumental art contributes to complex political systems.
The topics and seminars include:
Society, Politics, and Religion in the Late Pre-Columbian American South
Vincas P. Steponaitis, William E. Leuchtenburg Distinguished Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Art of Power: Monuments and Rulers in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Eduardo Douglas, Associate Professor of Art and Art History
What Can We Learn about Art, Monuments, and Political Power from Pre-Columbian Societies in the Americas?
A panel discussion with the speakers
This Dialogues webinar is a virtual event. Tuition is $30, which includes “admission” to the webinar in real time (with live Q&A) as well as access to the recorded talks to watch at your leisure for up to 2 weeks after posting. Registrants will receive instructions for accessing the event online by 4pm on June 11. Save money by purchasing a SUMMER PASS to all summer programs (except Great Books) for only $125.
Register here or call 919.962.1544. Online registration closes at midnight the night before the event. For same-day registration, please call our office at 919.962.1544. This event is co-Sponsored by the General Alumni Association.