An interdisciplinary symposium, "Landscapes: Sublime/Popular/Ruined/Surreal," is being held on campus Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29. All events are free and open to the public.
The symposium spotlights the research of Cornell faculty, who will discuss the concept of landscape from the points of view of their various disciplines, through papers, workshops and a photography exhibition. Participating faculty are from the departments of Anthropology, Architecture, Art, City and Regional Planning, Design and Environmental Analysis, History, History of Art, Landscape Architecture, Rural Sociology, and Romance Studies.
The symposium is sponsored by the Department of Architecture's History of Architecture and Urbanism Program. Friday's events on campus are in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and the Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday's events are in McGraw Hall Auditorium, 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 6:30 p.m., and in the Tjaden Gallery, noon to 1 p.m. For the full schedule and more information, call the Department of Architecture, 255-5236, or visit the web site http://www.architecture.cornell.edu/landscapes.htm.
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