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WEBFrom there, grab a coffee or snack in Jenny's Cafe or browse the many unique gifts in the museum shop before exploring over 50 galleries of art across three floors. The Harvard Art Museums are committed to creating an environment that fosters inclusion and belonging. Please join us in ensuring that every visitor feels welcomed and respected.
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WEBSarah Ganz Blythe Appointed Director of Harvard Art Museums. Opening September 13, 2024. Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation. On View August 31, 2024–January 5, 2025.
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WEBExplore our collections: approximately 250,000 objects from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler Museums. The vast collection contains objects spanning from c. 7000 BCE to 2014.
A Spotlight on Early Chinese Jades - Harvard Art Museums
WEBApr 16, 2019 · A Spotlight on Early Chinese Jades. April 16, 2019. Rectangular axe-blade with serrated edges, Chinese, Shang dynasty, c. 1300–1200 BCE. Mottled light-green nephrite. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.50.94. Even to the untrained eye, there is no ignoring the artistry of the …
Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Civil War | Harvard Art Museums
WEBOct 16, 2019 · Lecture Leventritt Lecture 6:00pm - 7:15pm. Harvard Art Museums. 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Vermont photographer Wilson Alwyn Bentley (1865–1931), known as “Snowflake” Bentley, spent a lifetime photographing snowflakes, eventually collecting thousands of images published at the end of his life in a book called Snow …
Understanding Ancient Chinese Vessels - Harvard Art Museums
WEBJun 29, 2016 · Understanding Ancient Chinese Vessels. Storage Jar with Painted Bichrome Decor and Burnished Surface, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase, 2650–2300 BCE. Earthenware. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Gift of Mrs. John Dane, 1941, 41–61–60/7161, 99320164, TL41522.9.
Understanding Paper: Structures, Watermarks, and a Conservator’s ...
WEBMay 7, 2021 · There is more to paper than meets the eye. Paper conservation fellow Leonie Müller shares with Index readers the material qualities of paper and how its structures reveal the process of how it’s made.. As a paper conservator, I am fascinated by the structure of paper and how different it can look, feel, and even sound—it can be rough or …
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WEBJul 1, 2022 · Current A Colloquium in the Visual Arts. August 31, 2024–January 5, 2025 University Teaching Gallery, Harvard Art Museums The Harvard course A Colloquium in the Visual Arts (Humanities 20) is an introduction to the study of the humanities through major works of art and architecture from around the world: everything from ancient Greek …
Hell through the Ages | Index Magazine | Harvard Art Museums
WEBHell through the Ages. February 12, 2018. William Blake’s Dante and Virgil Gazing into the Bolgia [Ditch] of Flatterers (1824-27) is one of a number of drawings Blake made to illustrate Dante’s Inferno. The watercolor is featured in a hell-themed gallery installation. While New England is suffering through bouts of arctic cold this winter ...
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WEBa computer sees art. Using artificial intelligence, the Harvard Art Museums has collected 53,358,354 machine-generated descriptions and tags covering 378,002 images of artworks. Ranging from object recognition to face analysis that predicts gender, age, and emotion, the data reveals how computers interpret paintings, photographs, and sculptures.