The Harvard Art Museums UniverseThe Fogg, the Busch-Reisinger and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum bring together nearly two hundred and fifty thousand objects at Harvard designed to look, compare, teach and research.
1895Opening of the Fogg Museum
Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. SacklerThree museums combined
° 250,000Objects collected in the collections of the three museums, overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
Formats of your choiceA composition adapted to the dimensions ordered.
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Since 1895 · Three museums, technical study and encyclopedic collection
The Fogg, the Busch-Reisinger and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum bring together nearly two hundred and fifty thousand objects at Harvard designed to look, compare, teach and research.
The Harvard Art Museums bring together three institutions with complementary histories. The Fogg Museum, opened in 1895, brings together Western art from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Busch-Reisinger is dedicated to the arts of German-speaking countries and constitutes a unique reference in North America. The Arthur M. Sackler Museum develops Asian, ancient, Islamic and Indian collections. Since 2014, the three museums have shared a building renovated and enlarged by Renzo Piano 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge. A vast covered courtyard connects galleries, study rooms, laboratories and public spaces. The collection approaches two hundred and fifty thousand objects. Its strength lies not only in this scale, but in use direct teaching of the works. Students and researchers can examine paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, coins and objects in the Art Study Center. The Straus Center combines conservation, materials science and technical history. The works selected here show this diversity of the modern gaze. Liebermann observes the daily work of a Dutch village; Monet transforms the cliff of Étretat with light; Sargent made of a courtyard venetian study of architecture and movement; Degas isolates a dancer in the energy of a red skirt. At Harvard, these images are not simple icons: they become material documents, compositional experiences and starting points for teaching. The "Harvard Art Museums" selection notably compares Dutch village scene with hanging linen and La Porte d'Amont, Étretat. His reading favors atmosphere.
At Harvard, seeing a work also means studying it: material, provenance, use and composition contribute together to its understanding.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Fogg and first teachings through the object
The art museum becomes a central laboratory for art history and professional training. This milestone sheds light on the "Harvard Art Museums" collection by prioritizing atmosphere.
Busch-Reisinger and Sackler
Germanic, Asian, ancient and Islamic arts give the whole a truly encyclopedic depth.
Renzo Piano and museum meeting
Renovation, glass courtyard, laboratories and study rooms bring together collections, public and research under one roof.
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Direct study
The Art Study Center allows works to be examined outside the usual distance from the gallery. This trait guides an atmosphere-centered reading of "Harvard Art Museums".
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Material science
Pigments, supports and restorations are studied at the Straus Center to illuminate the production of images.
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Three traditions
West, Germanic world, Asia, Antiquity and Islamic arts meet without losing their own histories.
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Provenance
History of acquisitions and circulation of objects fully participate in their interpretation.
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Six readings specific to Harvard Art Museums
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a route exclusively devoted to Harvard Art Museums.
Daily life01
Dutch village scene with hanging laundry
Architecture, figures and white linen organize a calm rhythm where ordinary work becomes a modern subject.
Landmark work of Harvard Art Museums. Reading "Harvard Art Museums" through the atmosphere.Cliff and light02
The Porte d’Amont, Étretat
The chalk arch, the sea and the sky are recomposed by a light which gives the rock a changing material.
Landmark work of Harvard Art MuseumsVenice observed03
Courtyard of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
The oblique perspective and quick touches transform the historic courtyard into an immediate experience of light.
Landmark work of Harvard Art MuseumsChoreographic gesture04
Dancer: red skirt
The framing and brilliance of the costume focus attention on a captured movement between study and spectacle.
Landmark work of Harvard Art MuseumsStyle05
Direct study
The Art Study Center allows works to be examined outside the usual distance from the gallery. This trait guides an atmosphere-centered reading of "Harvard Art Museums".
Reading key for Harvard Art MuseumsStyle06
Material science
Pigments, supports and restorations are studied at the Straus Center to illuminate the production of images.
Reading key for Harvard Art Museums
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