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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Mosaic of Two Figures Seated on a Couch

Lecture Series, In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently

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

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.

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 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu for more information.

Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.