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    Mosaic of Two Figures Seated on a Couch

    Mosaic of Two Figures Seated on a Couch

    Presented by Harvard Art Museum at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

    March 3, 2010

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    Lecture Series, In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently

    Lecture by Amy Brauer, Diane Heath Beever Associate Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

    In the 1930s excavations along the banks of the Orontes River (modern Asi) in Turkey uncovered nearly 300 mosaic pavements from the ancient city of Antioch. Depicting interiors, landscapes, classical figures, and decorative devices, they provide a sample of the pictorial arts of the Roman East. This fragmentary mosaic floor representing two figures lay for years crated and nearly forgotten in the subbasement storerooms of the Harvard Art Museum. Its recent conservation reveals much about Roman domestic arts, ancient manufacturing, and modern salvation techniques.

    Join us for a new series of lectures that will explore individual objects from the Harvard Art Museum collection and beyond. Each lecture will look deeply at a single work of art, inviting interpretations that probe beneath the surface. Approaching each work from multiple perspectives, we will examine the techniques, contexts, and stories that helped shape these exceptional works, and their significance to the Art Museum.

    Series tickets $90 (members $60; complimentary series admission for members at Sustaining level and above). Individual lectures $18 (members $12).
    Space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged; please call 617-495-0534 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu for more information.

    Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.
    Members will receive invitations in the mail.


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        Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

        485 Broadway
        Cambridge, MA 02138

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets: Series tickets $90 (members $60; complimentary series admission for members at Sustaining level and above). Individual lectures $18 (members $12). Space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged; please call 617-495-0534 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu for more information.

        Info Phone: 617-495-0534

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        Dates:
        March 3, 2010

        Times:
        6:30 - 7:30 pm

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