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Thursday, January 24, 2013
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■ February 2013
■ Covering the Arts throughout the Philadelphia Region
ExhibitionsInSight
New World art shines at PMA
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By Burton Wasserman
“Saint Michael the Archangel,” 18th century. Artist/ maker unknown, Peruvian. Oil on canvas, Image: 79 1/8 x 61 inches (201 x 155 cm). Framed: 83 1/2 x 64 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (212.1 x 164.5 x 8.3 cm). Promised gift of the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection. Now in view in “Journeys to New Worlds” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
underappreciated, area of focus in the worldwide history of art. nergies, throbbing Specifically, the selections on with the emotional display will include paintings essence of the and sculpture concerned with Baroque period, religious and secular subjects will soon make as well as assorted objects of themselves felt in finely crafted silver and atan exhibition of tractive specimens of wooden fine and decorafurniture. tive art from the All of these objects were proHuber Collection, duced during an age of flourishset to open at the Philadelphia ing imperial prosperity when Museum of Art on Feb. 16. Spanish and Portuguese trade The items scheduled for pre- routes were very much in the sentation are choice examples ascendant. They were located of Iberian colonial form dating in places where venturesome from the 17th and 18th centusea captains like Christopher ries in Latin America and the Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan Far East. Titled “Journeys to and Vasco da Gama claimed New Worlds,” the overall instal- territories for the European lation will remain on public countries that sponsored their view at the museum until May voyages abroad during the 19 of this year. Renaissance. What began for Roberta and The exhibition is especially Richard Huber as a fascinating worthwhile for dealing with collecting hobby attracted their selections that were, until ever-deeper involvement with an appealing, though highly Please see New Worlds on A17