The nature of beauty has long been celebrated as a fleeting moment of happiness within life’s inexhaustible fullness, although necessarily bound by decay and death’s inevitability. Devouring Time delves into the transitory nature of beauty and the tension between its brief enchantment and the looming reality of destruction. From antiquity to contemporary times, artists have pondered time’s passage, capturing the vibrancy of youth and the subsequent melancholic decline.
This symposium explores these multifaceted representations of beauty and time in art. How do art and its creators confront or resist inevitable decay? How is the ephemeral nature of beauty immortalized in our culture? From conservation practices to depictions of decay, we welcome you to explore how time encapsulates and transforms art’s beauty.

We are pleased to invite you to our symposium, which will take place on Saturday, March 22, 2025, beginning at 10:30 AM and concluding at 5:00 PM. Six undergraduate speakers will present their exciting papers, and two keynote speakers will be the University of Toronto's own Dr. Maya Harakawa and Canadian artist David McClyment. 

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