The heir to an age-old craft tradition of modeling in clay, Bernini took this practice to heights hitherto unexplored, and never since exceeded. Sketches in Clay, with Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator, Department of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts. Sketches in Clay, with Colette Czapski Hemingway, Andrew W. Mellon Intern, Department of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts. Sketches in Clay, with Colette Czapski Hemingway, Andrew W. Mellon Intern, Department of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts. Concert Musica Sacra will present choral masterpieces of the Italian Baroque including works by Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Carissimi, and Scarlatti.
Doors open one half hour before concerts begins.
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, artists and connoisseurs came to value the sketches and models produced in clay by sculptors working on large projects completed in other media. This symposium has been funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The Harvard University Art Museums' facilities are wheelchair accessible. General tours are offered Monday through Friday from September through June. The Harvard University Art Museums is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.