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MetSpeaks Masterpiece Dialogues: Great Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tue Sep 27, 11 am Kathryn Calley Galitz, art historian and Associate Museum Educator Five hundred works of art spanning 5,000 years are featured in the new book, Masterpiece Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Celebrate the unparalleled breadth and depth of The Met collection with author Kathryn Calley Galitz. A book signing will follow. Tickets start at $30 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Valentin de Boulogne Two-part series Wednesdays, Oct 19 & 26 at 11 am
Daytime Talks
The Iconography of Magic Wed Sep 28, 11 am
Gandhara: Buddhism and Trade
Kim Benzel, Associate Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Three-part series Wednesdays, Nov 9, 16 & 23 at 11 am
The ancient Near East—encompassing present-day Iraq, Syria, and Iran—is where so many of humankind’s greatest achievements originated over 5,000 years ago: settlements and cities, accounting and writing, law codes and literary epics, scientific systems and empires. Delve into the history and culture of this intensely relevant region of the world.
Kurt Behrendt, Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art
Tickets start at $30 Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
In the lush valleys where the Himalayas meet the foothills of Hindu Kush, a great sculptural tradition flourished between the 2nd century B.C. and the 6th century A.D. in the ancient region of Gandhara (today, northwest Pakistan). Imagery drew on forms and ideas moving, with trade, along the Silk Road linking the Mediterranean Sea, India, Central Asia, and China. Travel to this fascinating place and time in this series of talks examining a vibrant and truly cross-cultural body of Buddhist sculpture. Tickets start at $30; $75 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Keith Christiansen, John Pope-Hennessy Chairman, European Paintings Following the death of Caravaggio in 1610, two artists of genius built on his legacy in ways that profoundly influenced the history of European painting. One was the Spaniard Jusepe de Ribera, the other the Frenchman Valentin de Boulogne. Famous in his own day, and a continuous reference point for French painters down to Courbet and Manet, Valentin was one of the great figures of 17th-century painting. In these talks, hugely charismatic Keith Christiansen will delve into how this marvelous artist explored new ways of engaging the viewer and conveyed his own melancholic response to the human condition. Presented in conjunction with Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio, on view Oct 6, 2016– Jan 16, 2017. Tickets start at $30; $50 for the series Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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