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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> bonwicke-bounces+drachenhohle=suddenlink.net@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:bonwicke-bounces+drachenhohle=suddenlink.net@lists.ansteorra.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jesus Cavazos<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Tuesday, May
19, 2009</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Bonwicke<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bonwicke] Double-edged
weapons museum display</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt'>Double-Edged Weapons Slice Through the Ages</span></span></font></b></h6>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Museum of Texas Tech University presents <strong><b><i><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-style:italic'>A Double-Edged
Weapon: The Sword as Icon and Artifact from the Higgins Armory Museum</span></font></i></b></strong>
in the Galleries 2, 3, 4 and 6, located at 3301 4th Street (SE corner of
4th and Indiana Avenue), where ample free parking is available in the north
and west parking lots; please use the 4th Street entry.<br>
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This extensive exhibition introduces modern audiences to an object that is
already universally familiar as an icon, yet largely unknown as a physical
artifact, featuring approximately 100 swords and sword elements drawn from
the rich collections of </span></font>Higgins Armory Museum, in Worcester, MA.
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The story of the sword around the globe is one of diversity reflecting
local cultural tradition. Some swords were functional as battle weapons,
but in other contexts, swords were also employed as symbols of authority,
status, religion, politics, social identity, and the like. Increasing
technological sophistication and visual impact of edged weapons went
hand-in-hand with a trend to mythologization, as with Viking Age warriors
who began to name their swords, and the weapons themselves became legendary
figures in their own right, like Roland’s “Durendal,” Charlemagne’s
“Joyeuse,” and Arthur’s “Excalibur.” The exhibition emphasizes the
dualities and complexities inherent in the artifact: in these deadly works
of art, elegance grapples with brutality, esthetics with functionality, and
reality with myth.<br>
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The showing at the Museum of TTU is part of a national tour over two and a
half years period developed and managed by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services,
an exhibition tour development company in Kansas City, MO.<br>
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