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Spheres of Knowledge

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

10.19.11

Sundials in Early Modern Europe

Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials

10.11.11

The Seven Liberal Arts

Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts

10.11.11

Inventions in Early Modern Europe

Images from Stradanus’s “Nova reperta,” a series of engravings representing technological innovations of the modern age from the perspective of a practicing artist

10.11.11

Mary Costelloe Berenson

Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945

6.16.11

Gilded Nut

A coconut with Bible stories

4.17.11

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Letters from our readers

3.1.10

Harvard Art Allies

Harvard men who struggled to protect artistic and historic treasures during World War II

1.1.10

The Art Army

Harvard’s Monuments Men at war

1.1.10

Masterpiece Pieces

Investigators construct a virtual Italian Renaissance altarpiece.

11.1.09

From AIDS to Art

View video from an exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum that explores the visual legacy of ACT UP’s campaign to galvanize action against a new epidemic.