GiovanniBattista(alsoGiambattista)Piranesi(Italianpronunciation:[dʒoˈvannibatˈtistapiraˈnesi];4October1720–9November1778)wasanItalianartistfamousforhisetchingsofRomeandoffictitiousandatmospheric"prisons"(Carcerid'Invenzione).
ThePrisons(Carcerid'invenzioneor'ImaginaryPrisons'),isaseriesof16printsproducedinfirstandsecondstatesthatshowenormoussubterraneanvaultswithstair...[
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Greekmythologyisexplicitlyembodiedinalargecollectionofnarratives,andimplicitlyinGreekrepresentationalarts,suchasvase-paintingsandvotivegifts.Greekmythattemptstoexplaintheoriginsoftheworld,anddetailsthelivesandadventuresofawidevarietyofgods,goddesses,heroes,heroines,andmythologicalcreatures.Theseaccountsinitiallyweredisseminatedinanoral-poetictradition;todaytheGreekmythsareknownprimarilyfromGr...[
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TeachingWith"DrawntoExcellence"
CraigFelton,Professor,ArtDepartment,SmithCollege
2012EmilyHallTremaineSymposium
CollectingDrawings:APublic&PrivateAffair
September28-29,2012
Curators,collectorsanddealersdiscusstheintricaterelationshipbetweentheprivateandpublicspheresofcollectingart.Thesymposiumwaspresentedinconjunctionwiththeexhibition,DrawntoExcellence:RenaissancetoRom...[
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2012EmilyHallTremaineSymposium
Conversationonthe"ArtofCollecting"
Moderator:
JaneTurner(Smith'78),Editor,MasterDrawings;HeadofthePrintRoom,Rijksmuseum
Panelists:
AndrewRobison,AndrewW.MellonSeniorCuratorofPrintsandDrawings,NationalGalleryofArt
MarkBrady,Director,W.MBrady&Co.Inc.
CollectingDrawings:APublic&PrivateAffair
September28-29,2012
Curators,c...[
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RivalPartners:TheCollectorandtheCurator
PrivatecollectorsareofteninformedbypersonaltasteintheiracquisitionswhileMuseumcuratorsareguidedbycollectingpoliciesandinstitutionalbudgets.SuzanneMcCullaghexploreshowtheparametersofthesepotentialrivalsservetoformmutuallybeneficialpartnerships.
SuzanneFoldsMcCullagh(Smith'73),2012-13RuthandClarenceKennedyProfessorinRenaissanceStudies,SmithCollege...[
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ShapingaBritishTasteforItalianDrawing
HugoChapmanexaminestheachievementsofBritishcollectorWilliamYoungOttley(1771-1836)andhissignificancetoEnglishcollecting.
HugoChapman,KeeperofPrintsandDrawingsandCuratorofItalianandFrenchDrawingspre-1800,TheBritishMuseum
2012EmilyHallTremaineSymposium
CollectingDrawings:APublic&PrivateAffair
September28-29,2012
Curators,collector...[
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