March 14 Hohenberg Lecture Will Explore Medieval Zurich
For release: Mar. 2, 2004
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Dr. Joan A. Holladay will present the lecture "Competing for Saints in the Middle Ages: the Case of Zurich" on March 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the Hohenberg Auditorium at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

The talk, which is free and open to the public, will discuss the two major churches of medieval Zurich, their struggle for religious and political supremacy, and the role of art and architecture in that rivalry.

Holladay holds the Dorothy K. Hohenberg Chair of Excellence at the University of Memphis for 2004-04. While in that position, she is developing a book manuscript and teaching courses on Romanesque and Gothic court art.

She is a professor of art history at the University of Texas and specializes in the Gothic art of France and Germany. Her interests include manuscripts and sculpture, including tomb sculpture and reliquary busts.

For more information about Holladay's talk or the Hohenberg Lecture series, call the U of M Art Department at 901-678-2216.

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