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TRACE: Artisanal Intelligence, Material Agency, and Ritual Technology in South Asian Art

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A two-day symposium focused on methodological interventions in, and theoretical implications of, art history’s material turn in the field of South Asian art and architecture c. 500-1500 CE, with a keynote lecture by Vidya Dehejia (Columbia University)...

2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series

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The View From the Trenches: Archaeology and Medieval Studies Today, the 2019 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Series. Featuring a keynote lecture by Martin Carver (University of York) on Tuesday, 2 April, a student seminar with Dr. Carver on Wednesday, 3...

Medieval Tapestries: Making and Meaning

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, and the Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop invite you to a behind-the-scenes and up-close exploration of four rarely-displayed medieval and early modern tapestries, led...

Medieval Metal: Process and Practices

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A workshop on the techniques and technology of medieval metalworking, led by Francesca Bewer (Research Curator for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums), Ittai Weinryb (Assistant Professor of Art History, Bard Graduate Center), and...

Beyond Words: A Symposium

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A three-day symposium accompanying the collaborative exhibition Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections, hosted by Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art (Thursday, 3 November), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Friday, 4 November)...

2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture

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Patrick Degryse (University of Leuven), Making Magical Glass: From the Ancient to the Medieval World. This lecture is part of the 2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lectures and Workshop series " In the glasing y-wroght: Medieval Glass as Material...

Medieval Material Cultures 2017

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Breaking the Mold: Metal as Material, Medium, and Message in the Middle Ages, featuring a lecture on Tuesday, 28 March by Professor Ittai Weinryb (Bard Graduate Center) and two hands-on workshops at the Harvard Art Museums on Thursday, 30 March led by...

2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture

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Elizabeth Pastan (Emory University), Romancing the Rose: Materiality and Meanings in that Singular Circular Window. Reception to follow. This lecture is part of the 2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lectures and Workshop series " In the glasing y...

Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections

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The first exhibition to showcase highlights of medieval and Renaissance illumination in the Boston area, hosted at Harvard's Houghton Library ("Manuscripts for Church and Cloister"), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ("Italian Renaissance Books"), and...

2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Workshop

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The Technique and Trade of Glass in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, with Patrick Degryse (University of Leuven). This workshop is part of the 2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lectures and Workshop series " In the glasing y-wroght: Medieval Glass as...

The Alchemy of Money: Stephen Sack in Conversation with Eurydice Georgantelli

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Stephen Sack is an acclaimed Brussels-based American artist whose work investigates money's poetic and philosophical beauty and the importance of the magical connection between 'worthless' objects and imagination. Lost and found, worn and corroded, coins...

Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture

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Alan Stahl (Princeton University), The Mint in the Life of Medieval Venice. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Harvard Art Museums, and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. This lecture is part of Lasting Impressions...