Lecture—Dare to Know: An Introduction

Published: 01 January 1970
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Join us for a series of brief presentations and a discussion about our latest special exhibition, "Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment," with curators Elizabeth M. Rudy and Kristel Smentek, along with several contributors to the exhibition catalogue.

Timestamps:
00:11 - Publication Trailer for 'Dare To Know'
01:41 - Introductory Remarks & Land Acknowledgement with director Martha Tedeschi
08:03 - Exhibition Overview with curator Elizabeth Rudy
18:28 - "Flight" with Elizabeth Saari Browne
27:06 - "Imagination" with Edouard Koop
40:24 - "Utopia/Time" with Tamar Mayer
52:31 - "Faith" with curator Kristel Smentek
01:01:40 - Panel Introduction with Joachim Homann
01:06:41 - Panel discussion on Enlightenment

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:
Explore the Special Exhibition: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/dar...
Watch series of short videos in which conservation experts and curators delve into the materials and techniques used to bring select works to life:    • Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in ...  

SPEAKERS:
Elizabeth Saari Browne, Senior Cataloguer for the Decloux Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum;
Edouard Kopp, John R. Eckel, Jr., Foundation Chief Curator, Menil Drawing Institute;
Tamar Mayer, Assistant Professor, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Tel Aviv University;
Elizabeth Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums;
Kristel Smentek, Associate Professor of Art History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Panel Discussion moderated by Joachim Homann, Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, Division of European and American Art, Harvard Art Museums.

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Support for the program is provided by the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.

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Thumbnail Image: Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty, French, “Muscles of the Back,” plate 14 from Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle (Complete Scientific Study of Muscles in Color and Life-Size), 1746. Color mezzotint. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1968, 1968-25-79n, TL42415.2. Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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