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Wednesday November 18 2009

The Days of Creation: The First Day, 1870-76 Edward Burne-Jones, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum. More.

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Lecture, Member Event

The Days of Creation

Lecture Series, In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Miriam Stewart, assistant curator, Department of Drawings, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum

When Henry James saw Edward Burne-Jones's watercolor series The Days of Creation exhibited in 1877, he noted the artist's "imagination, his fertility of invention, his exquisiteness of work, his remarkable gifts as a colourist." This splendid series in the Harvard Art Museum collection invites close examination of such essential issues as painting materials, iconography, collecting, and reproduction.

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.

In-Sight Lecture Series poster

Individual lectures in this series $18 (Harvard Art Museum members: $12; Harvard students w/ valid ID: Free; non-Harvard students w/ valid ID: $8). 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.