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Artworks in Honor of Director Martha Tedeschi’s Tenure
Enigma (2021), a drawing by Vermont-based artist Marcy Hermansader (b. 1951), is the first work by the artist to enter the Harvard Art Museums collections. Gifted by Ted Stebbins (Harvard J.D. 1964, Ph.D. 1971), curator of American art, emeritus, at the Harvard Art Museums, and Susan Stebbins, his wife, the drawing has been given in honor of …
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a computer sees art. Using artificial intelligence, the Harvard Art Museums has collected 53,386,516 machine-generated descriptions and tags covering 378,372 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.
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Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation. $ 45.00 An examination of shifting notions of identity in modern-day Germany—and the diverse artists challenging conventional meanings of “Germanness” today Edited by Lynette Roth Publication date: September 10, 2024 ISBN: 9780300278804208...
The End of the World | Harvard Art Museums
Siqueiros was among the most politically and aesthetically radical artists of his generation, best known along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco as one of the “big three” Mexican muralists. An ardent communist, Siqueiros sought to advance a new form of revolutionary art using modern industrial materials and techniques. Conceiving of art as an effective propaganda weapon, he was a ...
Art Talk: Demonstrating Picasso’s Reduction Linocut Technique
Conservator and printmaker Christina Taylor demonstrates the reduction linocut printing technique pioneered by artist Pablo Picasso and master printer Hidalgo Arnéra to create the vibrant print Jacqueline with Glossy Hair (1962). Taking us into her printmaking studio, Taylor unveils the layers of creative revision, correction, and adjustment behind the finished print.
Writing on the Wall | Index Magazine | Harvard Art Museums
It sounds pretty self-explanatory, but there are different terms used to refer to various sizes and formats of descriptive wall text. At the Harvard Art Museums, every object receives a tombstone. This macabre moniker is the traditional term used to refer to a bare-bones (ahem) label. The tombstone simply lists the object’s name and artist ...
Japanese Art of the Heian Period (794-1185) - Harvard Art Museums
Jun 6, 2002 · Japanese Art of the Heian Period (794-1185) June 6, 2002–July 5, 2002, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums.
Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art - Harvard Art …
The sophistication and variety of painting in Japan’s Edo period, as seen through a preeminent U.S. collection Edited by Rachel Saunders ISBN: 9780300250909 264 pages; 9 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. 486 color illustrations Hardcover, $65 Published by Harvard Art Museums Distributed by Yale University Press Over more than four dec
Celebrating Juneteenth: The Power of Portraits
Jun 17, 2021 · This Juneteenth, Harvard students and staff present a selection of images by and of Black individuals from the Harvard Art Museums collections. These 20th- and 21st-century works explore the complexities of identity, agency, and self-fashioning, celebrating the diversity of the American experience. A Step Forward: October’s Gone . . .