Spotlight Tour: What Artists Hide in Their Work, with Melinda Modisette ’25
By Harvard Art Museums
Melinda Modisette ’25 will discuss works of art that contain hidden surprises and the stories behind them.
.: आईतवार, मार्च 31 2pm – 2:50pm.
Contact
No application or registration needed.
Free!
Please check in with museum staff at the Admissions desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
स्थान
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
संयुक्त राज्य
Wheelchair accessible.
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Additional information
Melinda Modisette ’25 will explore works that contain hidden elements, including a painting on top of a painting, a sculpture that once encapsulated precious objects, and another painting full of strange surprises. The stops on the tour are Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Three Pairs of Shoes (1886–87); the sculpture Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Japan, Kamakura period, datable to about 1292); and Anthonie Palamedesz.’s painting A Merry Company in an Interior (1633).
Last updated मार्च 21, 2024.
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