Featuring Claudia Brittenham
Event Details
What is the elusive blend of novelty and familiarity that makes innovation succeed? Art historian Claudia Brittenham considers this question in an ancient context, exploring how new architectural forms in the Mayan city of Chichen Itza built on traditional Mesoamerican architecture, transforming it and making it new through a rigorous process of experimentation.
Program
7:30 PM-8:00 PM: Registration and Networking
8:00 PM-9:00 PM: Presentation and Discussion
Speaker Profiles
Claudia Brittenham (Speaker)
https://arthistory.uchicago.edu/faculty/brittenham
Claudia Brittenham is an associate professor in art history and the College at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The Murals of Cacaxtla: The Power of Painting in Ancient Central Mexico, The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak (with Mary Miller), and Veiled Brightness: A History of Ancient Maya Color (with Stephen Houston and colleagues).