The Iconography of the Dragon: East & West

Beginning April 12, 2012

8:00 AM-7:00 PM

Exhibition from April 12, 2012 through May 11, 2012. The dragon is the logo for Drexel University and was first used in 1928 for athletics. It was chosen primarily for alliteration – the Drexel Dragons – and it is still used today. Given the history of the Dragon at Drexel, and the celebration of the Year of the Dragon in 2012, The Drexel Collection was pleased to exhibit dragons from lending museums including the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the private collection of John O’Hara and photographs from The Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Andrew W. Mellon Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, DC and the Rosenbach Museum & Library.

This exhibition examined the historical portrayals of dragons in Asian and European cultures, through the lens of the literary sources that have influenced the diverse interpretations of these legendary figures.

Contact Information

Lynn Clouser
215-895-2414
lcc48@drexel.edu