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  • Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join this tour to learn more about the metalworking and decorative techniques used to make objects on view in the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages. Led by British […]

  • Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Go behind the scenes to learn more about the design, production, and installation of the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages, with exhibition designer Robert Checchi. Led by: Robert […]

  • Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join Christian Dupont, Boston College’s Burns Librarian, for a tour of the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages. He will discuss the re-emergence of Celtic mythologies and motifs in literature and art during the 18th and 19th centuries. The so-called Celtic Revival was nourished by Romanticism and achieved visual expression through the Arts and […]

  • Gray Area: Different Eyes—Abstraction in Celtic Coins

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Have you ever wondered why some ancient cultures do not seem as “skilled” as later societies in representing the natural world? If so, you are not alone. Many people assume that early art history is a story of technical progress toward better reproductions of reality. But what if it is less a matter of skill […]

  • Different Eyes—Abstraction in Celtic Coins

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Have you ever wondered why some ancient cultures do not seem as “skilled” as later societies in representing the natural world? If so, you are not alone. Many people assume that early art history is a story of technical progress toward better reproductions of reality. But what if it is less a matter of skill […]

  • Materials Lab Workshop: Celtic Knotwork Design

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Knotwork has long been associated with Celtic art; it has decorated illuminated manuscripts, been tooled into fine metalwork and jewelry, and been carved into wood and stone. The methods of construction—passed down from master to apprentice for over a thousand years—were nearly lost until rediscovered in the late 20th century. Join Celtic illuminator Michael Carroll […]

  • Materials Lab Workshop: Celtic Knotwork Design

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Knotwork has long been associated with Celtic art; it has decorated illuminated manuscripts, been tooled into fine metalwork and jewelry, and been carved into wood and stone. The methods of construction—passed down from master to apprentice for over a thousand years—were nearly lost until rediscovered in the late 20th century. Join Celtic illuminator Michael Carroll […]

  • Gallery Talk: Celtic Art Across the Ages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join Harvard graduate student Anthony Ortega for a discussion of an elite Iron Age burial site called Kleinaspergle tumulus. Discovered in southwestern Germany, it contained an assemblage of both imported and locally produced objects. Ortega will focus on a selection of objects on display in the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages, while exploring […]

  • Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join Harvard professor Paul Russell for a discussion about Celtic languages and writing in this tour of the exhibition “Celtic Art Across the Ages.” Focusing on inscriptions and manuscripts, Russell […]

  • New on View: Islamic Figural Sculpture—Forbidden or Not?

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Although human and animal imagery, especially in sculptural form, is considered forbidden in Islam, many examples have appeared throughout history. This gallery talk will highlight works in glass, ceramic, and […]

  • Gods? Beasts? Warriors? Interpreting the Imagery of Celtic Coinages

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture: Gods? Beasts? Warriors? Interpreting the Imagery of Celtic Coinages Celtic coins present a remarkable world of varied, often fantastic images. The earliest coinages were […]

  • Celtic Art Across the Ages – Opening

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do […]